Dear Internet, This post is long as it’s me condensing two months into a single post and the caffeine cleanse is over. You have been advised by a very caffeinated gardener in the end of Winter. I'm rocking a mullet now. I have chopped off most of my hair (eight-inches) and loving it. I say…
Out of Tides by Alejandro N. Marrero 2/28/2021 I’m drowning in the thoughts of who we used to knowTrying my hardest to avoid thinking about them and letting them goTears were never easy for a man like meEven if I’m sensitive and get hurt quite easily I’m stuck in current that feels like a riptideI…
Ostara a short Story by Alejandro N. Marrero A long time ago there was much less of you beings throughout the world. The pagans who prayed to me each spring called me Ostara. I would herald the birth of longer days. Dispelling winter slowly by using light to banish the cold away. Not long after…
People’s Patience by Alejandro N. Marrero 2/28/2021 People love to tell me what I feel, think, or doIt’s like they’re so cognitive they dare believe they’ve lived my life or walked in my very shoesHas this happened to one or two of you?Have people you confide in made it all about themselves instead too?People love…
Lie Her by Alejandro N. Marrero There’s a flood from a storm out there and we know where it startedYup we can trace it back and it’s always what we thought itA narcissist pointed fingers, diagnosed and pretends aloofness to control itIt’s that dialogue that’s not truly theirs but driven by his alcohol fueled crazy…
Winter Wane by Alejandro N. Marrero 2/26/2020 It’s raining yet again but we’re first world so we’re dry of courseGot a million reasons why that’s left of true but logic makes most minds ruptureShouldn’t make a difference the color or the culture Still, for some reason in matters of the heart we’re enrapturedGive it enough…
Artwork by Cassiopeia Art Pele the StarKin It took years for my star to reach this blue green planet. It was so new and glowed a faint blue from my origin galaxy Cassiopeia. All my fellow StarKin still lived there or were in the process of charting their own courses through the universe. I had…
In Some Maniac by Alejandro N. Marrero The barest of thoughts and they all turn to youThings you say and who you wished I turned intoI’m clever with words but you’ve stolen all the fun of itNow I’m up late, sleep later, read more and lay down more than I sitNo, not really ever expecting…
Favor Its by Alejandro N. Marrero How can one pick a favorite song?I think there can’t just be one or that would be wrong.I place the buds with their tunes in my earI sing along quiet and sometimes loud enough to hear How can someone have a favorite color?It seems so tedious to pick one…
Left is Right by Alejandro N. Marrero When choosing left from rightWhich way does your vision goIt’s not a matter of dark or lightStill, between thoughts we should swim with the flow One side of your mind is angelicOne side of your mind is demonicYet what about the center between those two pointsThe middle promises…
