Alchemic Verse

Transmuting pain to poetry

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May 30, 2025

Canary

Quiet days feel worse than beforeHovering softly by the doorOr window staring out Simple pleasures that help restoreRarely do much anymore toDisplace the waves of doubt A stranger wand’ring her own houseCaged songbird eager to be dousedIn sunlight, a new route She moves as silent as a mouseA spectre of a broken spouseWhat’s left to Continue reading

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May 28, 2025

Five Falls

It seems when you’re awayI find so much more I’d like to sayBut can’tWhen I reach for my phoneI remember why I am aloneAnd then Shake head to lose the thoughtIt falls from my skull into my throatAs leadSo my speech freezes hardQuickly, coldly knocked back to the startShot dead And I die at ev’ry Continue reading

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