Stress Growth Poems

Vexed Nights 

Trapped in my own delusion,
Engulfing self induced contusions,
I imprudently cause self confusion,

Distance seems cruel to me
So I detach from what used to be,
Emotionally,
Physically,
Then...

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To be

I’m so unsure my name should be ambiguous 
I reach for things I can’t see with my oculus 
I try to grow into who...

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The age has bloomed on my face, from the alternate timelines I play
Inside my head hoping that 1% chance comes true
 Some lines come from...

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It's so quiet all around
There is not one single sound
In this room that we're both in
Scared to death how to begin
This new chapter as they...

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I want to be left alone
alone and away from my thoughts
not the people around me
they don't bother me, I do
my mind bothers me
every minute incarnates...

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A shadow of the self
but a sliver of me
you know the inner self
and the turmoil that can be

Perhaps I have shown
you more of my self
then...

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To Escape 

I want to escape, 
I want to escape so much that I forget who I am anymore.
I want to run through fields full...

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Shame and guilt sabotaged mine healthy growth...

and let yours truly not forget emasculation
that prickly emotional immobilization
whereby these lovely bones 
subject courtesy senescence 
upon cremation reduced...

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New surroundings breathing life into me,
My lungs fill with cool air, it’s sustaining,
Inhale, exhale… each breath: stress waning. 
Blood transporting excitement toward an apogee. 

Continuing...

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It was a long day.
Started in praise and feeling blessed.
Guided by steps of clock hands.
Another chance to chase dreams.
To create and build a foundation for...

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Eyes open, Mouth yarns,
Arm stretched.
Yet,  my feet haven't touched the ground.
Heart beats,  Ears itch.
Still mustering up the energy to put my feet on...

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If pressure makes diamonds 
why do you feel the need to press,me
Stress me  when the most high blessed me
 I’m poetry for real, yeah...

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I burnt some beans
While trying to lose my sadness
To a playlist made to numb hopelessness
and a lack of power

Tell me why 
I made progress
And enjoyed...

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I got the weight of the world on my shoulder, this stress is got me looking older.
I try so hard it's like I'm running in...

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Forgiving another I'm quick to do,
if forgetting is not also required.
Their echos iterate in an old queue
of actions I, alone, may have inspired.

Forgiving myself for...

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