Guess

So many people talk of being depressed So few even know what real depression is Depression is not what you get when you can’t get what you want That’s frustration Depression is not what you get when you can’t get laid That’s loneliness Depression is not what you get when you’re upset about things That’s …

The lights

The lights shimmer softly across the surface of the rippling water Refracting, contorting and breaking within themselves Hinting at the breeze, which hasn’t reached me yet The water falling sounds like torrential rainstorms of years long past Cascades of metaphysical bliss, spreading and stretching like my shadow at dusk I close my eyes and reminisce …

He

He is alone He is surrounded He is the loneliest man alive He wants to be left alone They envelop him He asks them to leave They don’t reply He tells them to leave They laugh in his face He begs and pleads They applaud his attempts He cries and falls They tell him to …

Shark

He lives to play He waits to live He plays to keep going Every moment between sessions drags painfully Every second he is not playing, he is losing In gaps between sessions, he bites his nails He sits with the sitters He sings along to the singers He watches the other players He drinks with …