In Lieu of Responsibility: an amateur collection of poetry
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Ongoing, First published Jul 15, 2019
Obsidian forests stand on snow-
My thoughts on paper for you to know

The forest is ablaze-
In its smoke, 
My thoughts a dusty haze

Words collide, attempt escape-

Pounding fiercely on the wall
Of the madhouse that holds them all-

Scorching swiftly through my vein-
Liquid fire leaving my brain,

My hand shoots up and down in pain,
Swiftly jotting down "I'm sane,"

Conducting the ever moving train
Of thought- 
that which I've brought and incessantly sought
In spite of it being time for all to be forgot


Emotions in me ruptured-
On paper I have captured 

They transgress my skin and bone,
Etching my presence, slowly, in stone. 

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Amateur poetry written in lieu of dealing with actual responsibilities ;)

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44 parts Ongoing

My suicide had been two years in the making when I decided not to follow through at the last minute. Over the past decade, I've written poems, books, short stories, fanfiction and hundreds of thousands of words, but nothing felt complete. This collection of selected works was meant to be my final offering- the only thing ready for posthumous publication. Blood Orange Periphery includes poems written in the months preceding the end-that-didn't-happen, some of my best teenage scribbles, and journal entries that chronicle the transition from death-planning, to recalibrating life.