Intent, Consent, Respect

Intent is deliberate, not accidental.

Consent is not negotiable.

Respect is aftercare

Safety is not a privilege of the strong.

Those who oppose it benefit from things staying the same.

Violence is not character, it is force.

Ravel

 I watched her unravel, in front of my eyes.

Through years full of sorrows, secrets and lies.

A life as it happens, is death in reverse.

The end is a given, and that is our curse.

To know we are mortal, we fracture and break.

And still keep on living, with every mistake.

The past may define us, it is not who we are

It cannot control us, it is but a scar.

Something we live with, and somehow survive.

To live is an option, the choice is to thrive.

Death is not the end, life is just the beginning.

Your story is your life, not your death.

Live while you can, breathe it in.

All of it.

Simulacrum

 A battered and broken person with a frayed and fragile soul Their simulated feelings are fables full of holes

Their dreams a vain illusion
of a life that cannot be
Their faith beyond redemption
that person they are me
Beyond what lies tomorrow
today remains the same
What lives beneath the shadows
is what we cannot name
A near and distant future
We strive to never meet
Our death a faded echo
of what we cannot beat
If all we are is atoms
and ignorance is bliss
we all believe in nothing
and heaven is a myth
What lies we tell believe them
for that is all we are
Us broken and battered people
with barely beating hearts

A life is what we make it
Forever is a lie
Tomorrow is beyond us
No matter how we try

The person isn't broken
but battered to the core
They stubbornly keep living
though life is but a chore

We cannot bleed forever
Our wounds must always heal
Our worlds exist together
As long as life is real

Love in the land of Ire

 Anger is upon me

But I am not angry

Sadness is upon me

But I am not sad

Madness is upon me

But I am not mad

Love is upon me

And I am in love

And I hope you are too

New Relationship Energy

Give yourself wings
and the will to fly
Dream yourself things
from the dark stormy sky
Dare to be loved
and to love in return
Fear not the flames 
in your hearts as they burn

The Return of The Queen

 She went into the forest
To return what she borrowed
And Hell rode with her 
and Darkness followed
In hope of a life bereft of pain
without sadness, cruelty,
sorrow or shame

The woods are our eyes

They see what is hidden

They love what we lose

In a life we’ve forbidden

Of brothers and sisters

Of the saints and the whore

In the end there is nothing

Yet we all crave more

She returned from the forest

Still alive, unafraid

And Hell was absent 

and Darkness delayed

Life has the meaning

Of the love that is in it

When we live for today

And love every minute

Life looks good on you

Live it while you can

A Woman is Always Blamed

 A woman is always blamed

They are damned if they do

They are damned if they don’t

A woman is always shamed

You may call her a whore

You may call her a slut

A woman is always named

To the eyes of the world

To protect those who lie

A woman is always blamed

When a woman is more than man