Throwback Thursday Poetry: Ever More

Pain is growing
slowly growing
inside my mind
and all around
not stopping
not ceasing
increasing, increasing
ever more

Compassion is shrinking
slowly shrinking
inside my brain
and all around
only retreating
only ceasing
decreasing, decreasing
ever more

Bitterness is rising
slowly rising
inside my psyche
and all around
not desisting
not ceasing
increasing, increasing
ever more

losing my life
losing my mind
for all i cry
i do not ride
to the sky
i fall down
on the ground
and die

Early poetry from James. From the poetry collection Pariah Bound: The Lonesome Poetry.

Poetry Monday: Tearful Tension

Pick at your fingernails
Pull the skin off your lips
Rejoice in solitude
Panic from loneliness
Obsess over small things
Freak out for no reason
Blame yourself for nothing
Assume they all hate you
Shut down when you should rise
Push away those who love
Too much is on your mind
Too much stimulation
You just want to be held
You don’t want to be touched
Anger and frustration
You feel broken and dead
Every day you’re drowning
Each day is a battle

From the poetry collection Men Are Garbage.

Free eBook Fridays: May

The free download for May is my latest eBook Dollar Tales from the Morbid Museum: Creatures. Creatures features 4 short stories, one of which is previously unpublished. Tales of aliens, urban legends, science experiments, and giant turtles skilled in marital arts. These stories among others are to be featured in the full collection of short stories titled “The Morbid Museum.” The release date is pending. Be sure to check out the other books in the Dollar Tales series, “The Ghosts Inside” and “Flash Fiction.”

Don’t have a Kindle device? You can download the free app from the App Store or Google Play and read any and all Kindle eBooks on any device. The eBook is exclusively on Amazon Kindle. If you’re not excited, you should be! This adds another layer to the forthcoming Morbid Museum collection of short fiction which I intend to have finished one day. My goal is to have a few more stories published elsewhere before self-publishing the collection. It’ll be an adventure either way. 

Welcome to the Creatures Exhibit. Visitors to the Morbid Museum seek the dark and twisted corners of the world. They are both terrified and intrigued by the unknown. Tales of killers, monsters, and madmen are curated by the Master of Death, Mr. Siris Grim. Mr. Grim collects the darkness that everyone attempts to hide and displays it within the corridors of his gruesome gallery. Who will be next to purchase a ticket and walk the halls of the Morbid Museum?