Tag Archives: Mental health awareness
cracked stasis (1,183 days)
i didn’t get rid
of that cracked cup
because i know
one day from the tap
will drip a quantum of poison
& said cup will be handy
let me not drift in convenience
let me not fall asleep
while concrete is melting
& the stylus is charging
i didn’t get rid
of that cracked hope
because i know
one day from the news
will beam a quantum of light
& said hope will be handy
let me not sink in clamour
let me not fall asleep
while trust is hardening
& a stylus is charging
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
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two years, eleven months, seventeen days
the black stains
of morning coffee
on a white tablecloth
others prefer fortune telling
with coffee grounds
but i believe in vapour
& its aerial butoh dance
above the cup’s abyss
forbearance sucks
& gravitas falls
on the white tablecloth
i see bare, broken twigs
against a blue sky
will this coffee be the only darkness
that fills me today
i take a sip, open my news feed
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2025
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clarity
shake it out & lay you down
lean into the hushly furrow
atween cotton wool eyes
the approbation of dreams
where you don’t need to be heard
where you don’t need to be owed
where forever can be like nothing
aslumber in their scaffolding
yet you don’t need their dispensation
to let it all fall away now
so no more maimly going clear
no more sideways tussle
& no more fuzzy words in your ear
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2024
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detached
let’s walk to one side
under cover of quiet
observe how they go
why do they hurry
will they be on time
would that give them peace
anxiety sponges all
bloated beyond reason
so ready to explode
let’s take careful steps
under cover of quiet
mustn’t let them splash us
we are the hidden
happy to be nowhere
ghosting for sanity
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2024
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