Writing

Chaos

A Poem by StormeLight

I got caught up in the chaosOnly knowing me in adversitySo I became my own endless supplyHiding myself from the liesYet always asking whyNow I know wh..

Dear Cancer

A Poem by StormeLight

The moment I realized I was more afraidof living than I was of dyingwas the moment they found the reasonI'd been sick for yearsWhat happens when a dyi..

Ireland

A Poem by StormeLight

I'm not afraid of dyingI'm afraid of what I'll have to live withMy heart pounding in my chestMy head just won't let me restI've thought of dyingOf thi..

Surfacing

A Poem by StormeLight

A decade agoA monster became my homeVoices inside my headHurting and hurtingNot caring how much I bledI lost my sanity it's trueA strength in a darkne..

Tainted

A Poem by StormeLight

They throw money at every problemNo one will talk to meThey won't speak to meYears with no wordsNo one reaching outNot a single timeThe pain of the si..

Civil Disobedience

A Poem by StormeLight

For years,I fought for a life I thought I would liveThe idea that on the other side of my sufferingMust lie a hope I hadn't consideredBut instead of h..

The Moment You Found Me

A Poem by StormeLight

The last 48 hoursHave been the hardest of my lifeAt the crux againDeciding whether to live or dieI crumbled to my kneesLike JobLosing everything that ..

The Dangers of Perfection

A Poem by StormeLight

How much do we lose?In the pursuit of perfection?What does our relationshipwith the circle of lifeLook like?UtopiaUtopiaWe want UtopiaUtopiaUtopiaWe w..

Grace

A Poem by StormeLight

What if knowing isn't everything?What if you had a choice to knowFor three straight yearsWhat if knowing isn't everythingBecause you are not yet the p..

Darkness

A Poem by StormeLight

Years agoI was at another momentWhen I was questioningWhether or not to take my lifeI worked at a call centerI called all the hotlinesNo one ever able..

Pride

A Poem by StormeLight

I was everything to meI meant so much to meI thought I was creatingMy very own destinyThen I lost controlEverything came crumbling downI had no idea t..

Unwell

A Poem by Ryan Hamill

I wish I could say it was just a sickness,Some demon inside me that, without a witness,could creep to my heart and squeeze in it's claws,find the dark..

The letter

A Story by Ryan Hamill

More a piece on creative writing than anything else.

Hymn

A Poem by Jeremy (J.C.K)

Deep-rooted religious trauma and healing from it inspire a lot of stuff, huh?

2000 Degrees Fahrenheit

A Poem by Jeremy (J.C.K)

Truth is transparent and causes calamityIt's music to my ears as I hear the destructionLike a diamond under pressureIt reveals what is lesserDestructi..