part one:All addictions start with suffering.All addictions end with suffering.part two:Addiction beginswhere silence screams.Voids filled withthe cold retreat of alcohol,tobacco’s dry whisper,the sharp thrill of cocaine,gambling’s pulse,screens pulsing past midnight,the slow hunger for shopping,the aching need for moisture from...

It is said The Heretics of Horatio are of unscripted nature For their will is HIS and HIS is truthThus it was a giftThus it was a creedEven a God's voice proved falsely refined Paled in time as does all things...

You take thesmall pleasures whenthey come,like vanishing gnats.The black cat rolls onthe freshly vacuumedcarpet,reaching every spotand fiber, to satisfythe deep need for relief.My good friend died thismorning.Cirrohis--his lover became a killer.Motherfucker, I'm sick ofdeath.Neon orange sadness.Three beautiful orphans behind.The...

  Sea takes hold of me— a pale star through drifting fog, my chest becomes wind.   Storm breaks in my bones, timbers groan, rain lashes skin, I am the vessel.   Then the waters still, a mirror without a sound, my despair reflected.         .