Unpopular

By Mac Guerreiro Eye learned something recently and it’s that when a person is rejected by their peers in their formative years the nervous system registers that as pain… physical pain. Yes, the exclusion leaves you feeling pain. For me that pain sits in my heart. It’s sat there from the moment eye first felt …

F*ing Welcome

By Mac Guerreiro And just like that,She grew,And she knew,This isn’t what it was,I was stuck in a loop,“Welcome to the group,Eye’m so glad you’re here,”And the world looks a little bit clearer.

Resist

By Mac Guerreiro Eye resist the urge to look them up,Why look to what eye could never be?Just when Eye’m getting comfortable,Comfortable being me,Naturally,“Foolish girl”Foolish indeed,Thinking you can escape the chains of this society,Its mentality,It’s rules,And boundaries,Foolish indeed to resist,Now it feels impossible to persist.

Shadows

By Mac Guerreiro Sometimes this all feels temporary yet more temporary than most things,Sometimes it feels like borrowed time,Sweet, sweet time it is yet borrowed nonetheless,Voices shyly whisper in the depths, reminding me of my fears,Their whispers let me know Eye’m not here,Burrowed in my head eye come up for air, yet Eye’m still neck-deep …

Emergence

By Mac Guerreiro It feels like taking my first breath all over again, But lasting so much longer than before, Eye can feel the trust and strength rise, It fills my core, This fire, When was the last time it burned this way? Eye can’t recall, And even though there is deep pain, There’s also …

A New Route

By Mac Guerreiro A question was posed and the universe answers in kind, Eye’m not sure where this leads, But Eye’m willing to try, See it through so eye know, Whether it’s time to hold on for a bit longer, Or completely let this go.

Peace

By Mac Guerreiro Eye long for you, In fleeting moments eye experience your presence, They seem to last longer and longer each time, It’s true that eye am your opposite, The chaos within me feels so far from you, Yet you grace me with your light just when eye need you most, Every time your …

Sweatshirt

By Mac Guerreiro It’s not ideal, It’s not you, But it’s the closest eye get at times, Times such as these which you’re off living, And Eye’m here trying, This reminds me to not try so hard, Much like you will when we talk next, This isn’t ideal, But it’s second best.

Everything

By Mac Guerreiro It’s that place, The place just before the nothingness, The place in which longing for nothingness is all you seem to be able to do, It’s a place in which all things buzz around, Nearly taking your head off if you don’t move out of their way, It’s that place, A place …

Consciously Rough

By Mac Guerreiro It’s my choice, it’s my choice. That’s what eye tell myself because it is; just happens Eye’m usually in places where my choices aren’t so difficult to stick to. Not that there’s even a thought of not sticking, though the option might be nice. It’s nice till eye take it and eye …