Finding Ikigai

Poetry

  • Solipsism

    There is this idea that reality only exists within your own mind. Where one cannot be sure how much of the external is real And only your own thoughts are known for certain. Everything else is questionable. I wonder how… Continue reading

  • God Must Be Laughing

    I spilled hot coffee in my lap, At least it will serve to cover the fact that I Ran out of deodorant and still have to buy a new stick. Continue reading

  • Two Wolves

    Have you ever heard the story of two wolves? One represents light and the other darkness. The lesson is to choose which one to feed, But it must be done carefully. For while one embodies good and the other evil,… Continue reading

  • Swipe Game

    Right. Right, right, left, Right, left, left alone. That’s alright. Oh, a match? I can feel things heating up already. Sparks bedazzling and finally a light Touch in this heavy-handed world. Don’t come on too strong. I don’t want the… Continue reading

  • Winded (A Villanelle)

    Deep breathing while seething. It’s a work of two words, Recite the poem of your life:   You Suck. Hooded, harbored, parried head blurs. Deep breathing while seething.   Faces marked with failure, Paint-huffers, losers, nerds, Recite the poem of… Continue reading

  • The Mulberry Bridge

    Two counts strong and strung out Among the rushes below the mulberry bridge Where they exchange whispers and hot Tufts of air between parted lips. She tugs at his hair, Spouts of follicles spill through fists As hers cascade over… Continue reading

  • So Close

    It seems to me, that the end is merely the frame. It is the crease that divides the truth from the outside Contained within a kernel shell, Easy to be snatched up by a pigeon and flown away.   Hardly… Continue reading

  • Connor Day

    His smile is backward, More twisted than the tie around his neck, And neatly tucked within the lining of a secondhand vest. A fountain at his back streams and hisses as pop Music reverberates back along the water. A friend… Continue reading

  • How to Dredge a Creek

    The simple whisper of the water is misplaced Among the babbling of pleasantries That allow you to avoid the deadfalls and Rapid areas tugging at your attention.   It all trickles back Upstream to the blockade of twigs and broken… Continue reading