I am not broken, though I feel it sometimes. I get so confused between my heart and my mind. The chaos that wages in the flow of my thoughts. Want to take over and I’m put in a spot. I practice saying “Thank You,” cause I know that I should. Some days that’s enough, to help me feel good. But others, the gratitude doesn’t seem to work. My vision gets blurry and I feel like a jerk. I wrestle with never really feeling like I’m great. But then… sometimes… I don’t know - I’m just in a good state....

*CONTENT WARNING: CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND VIVID DESCRIPTIONS OF SELF HARM” Last week was hard and I felt buried in a sea of  and by...

by Joseph Reid, 2023 The cemetery where I am writing this article is so peaceful and super quiet (Fuller and Knapp if you wanna check it...