my skin is my own

i sputter about, half mad, half exhausted, a pinwheel run amok. between desire and disgust, i look in the mirror and finally recognize myself, i truly see myself. grizzly, barbaric, poetic soul in the trappings of a beast. my skin is is my own. there is no redemption, only the constant yearning for it, only the constant attempt. try again. fail again. try harder, fail harder.

sunbreak

the quality of the sun never lies: it always begins with the sun, a change in the angle, the quality of warmth. the sun is very clear when it will be ready. and as I sit in it as of for the very first time I am moved impossibly to tears. It feels as if i’ve been in the dark and cold for far too long.