SC4TT3R1NG MY W1LD PR4Y3RS...

scattering my wild prayers 
of chaotic good amidst 
all the rules stenciled about 

CVST0M1Z3D 1D3NT1T13S...

customized identities 
in our consumeristic 
culture; I’m chaotic good 

3NJ0Y1NG TH3 BL0SS0MS WH3N...

enjoying the blossoms when 
I can, with gratitude for 
ev’ry winter I’ve survived 

BV1LD1NG MY S4NCTV4RY...

building my sanctuary 
one found object at a time, 
making something from nothing 

M3D1T4T10NS 0N WH4T'S P4SS3D...

meditations on what’s passed 
can all too easily turn 
into tethers to the past 

M0NVM3NT4L 3N3RGY...

monumental energy 
shifts are always lurking just 
beneath surface, to make change 

CVLT1V4T3D C0NN3CT10NS...

cultivated connections 
which poison far more than they 
fuel… unsustainable ways 

ST4R1NG 4T TH3 SKY, TH1NK1NG...

staring at the sky, thinking 
about laws of gravity 
and the watercourse way 

F3NC3S 4R0VND 0BST4CL3S...

fences around obstacles 
blocking my daydreams; all I 
get to do is zoom-a-zoom 

TH1NGS C4N'T 3V3R B3 3X4CT...

things can’t ever be exact 
same way they once was, so you 
gotta let all that shit go 

M4K3 SP0RT 0F S3LF-D3STRVCT10N...

make sport of self-destruction - 
“only the strong shall survive” 
tattooed on sun-stained shoulders 

DR34MS 4R3 4 C4RN1V4L G4M3...

dreams are a carnival game 
where only the wealthy win… 
the cynicism of doom 

KN0W1NG MY T1M3'S L1M1T3D...

knowing my time’s limited, 
tryna remember to rest, 
to avoid early clock out 

L00K1NG VP 4T TH3 H34V3NS...

looking up at the heavens, 
wondering if god is real, 
or it’s just infinity 

G1V3 VS TH1S D4Y 0VR D41LY...

“give us this day our daily 
bread” but for serotonin, 
endorphins, and dopamine 

C4ST1NG GL0R1F13D 1NT3NT...

casting glorified intent 
out unto the universe, 
hoping somebody responds 

V1S10NS 0F S3LF B3ST D1SPL4Y3D...

visions of self best displayed 
through slow painstaking labor; 
immediacy distorts 

WH0L3 W0RLDS H1DD3N 1NS1D3 TH3...

whole worlds hidden inside the 
reflections you never watch - 
all too busy chasing green 

L0V3 SN34KS 1NT0 Y0VR H34RT W1TH...

love sneaks into your heart with 
ease; takes maintenance to keep 
that shit from fading away 

H1ST0R1C T3NDR1LS 41N'T B4D...

historic tendrils ain’t bad; 
manufactured tethers which 
trap you in stuck place ain’t good