…crawling with shallow punishments… inflicted in anger and defiance of the norm, and refusal to accept its claims.
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…crawling with shallow punishments… inflicted in anger and defiance of the norm, and refusal to accept its claims.
Not all hope is lost,
But it will run out when my energy does.
…
It’s holding for now,
But it won’t forever.
Silence pervasive:
Battlefield spread before me
Sunrise glints sharply
Something is different now.
The whispering voice isn’t quite the same.
One day I may be just so tired of these return trips
I’ll just be done with it…
Right now it’s just a distant memory
As if long gone, but I know better
So now is the time to arm myself
Choose the weapons, don the armour
Smiling all the while, enjoying this time…
How do others find the courage?
If I can’t get better, maybe I’d rather reach that level where I can finally act rather than remain in limbo.
When a violent surge of paradoxical apathy
Finally withdraws in shame or exhaustion
As a villain thwarted or a lover spent
I would weep in this relief
If I only could
September 28, 2024
It prowls and paces on the periphery
Of the barrier I erected.
Growls are rumbling from its throat
as it flicks its barbed tail in irritation.
I face the monster in my cedar forest again, but something is different today…