Borealis Harrison

June 10th, 2024 Constricted growth in glassworkLed to a slender saplingBent like a willow intentionallySoft and pliable unfortunately Bondage came to aid thenLearned history of what not to doSoft ropes sought out supportYet deficient to true design One weak link broke the chainSo I’m forging my own chains nowNot to hold me down but get…

May 9th, 2024 Exploring artwork within a museumTrying to search insanity for reasonBringing it all to the front… We ask for a map, but the cartographer diedWe ask for directions, but the signposts liedThe road isn’t smooth, it’s a bit of a rideWould you believe it if I said we’ve cried More than we did…

December 21st, 2023 We’re a watcher and a worrierSomeone who has ruined everything a thousandfoldAnd children who want to live their livesWe’re beings craving life beyond the everydayAnd those condemned to crawling in the memoriesDaily news is just a normal maelstromHiding from news streams because everything is worse We just went to live our lifeBut…

December 5th, 2023 Soft flesh so easy to cutSupple skin so easy to marFinding ways to mark here and thereAlways new methods near and far Till the ground, plow deep furrowsTend each row and findRed crop blossoming at the end Carve out feelings while working the soilCrush dissonant feeling in each clump splitWatch the scarlet…

10 days go by without thinking9 times I cut off thoughts8 moments where I relaxed It’s not finished, but it’s close 7 different coping mechanisms6 mantras to repeat5 reasons to continue It’s not finished, but we’re getting there 4 ESAs3 meals a day2 people we love It’s not finished, just watch and see 1 life…

October 26th, 2023 At times we look backTaking strolls through shelves filled with dusty memoriesImages once treasured and tended with care, now left to fadeA fate worse than death, because our love and our hate gave you lifeYou fed off of the energy devoted to emotion, the time we spent tending those memories neatly filed…

September 9th, 2023 When it comes to love I’m unhealthyI love completely, utterly, and distinctly Chaos occurs because you spin circles around meThe greatest highs, in the greatest falls you find me Can’t escape and I don’t want toBecause the pain reminds that you still love me The hole of your absence kills meCraving the…

August 9th, 2023 In the morning as it breaksAs the day itself wakesWe take comfort in knowingIt’s you who sets us glowing These rhymes are immature and childishBut the feelings you instill are wildishYour presence creates stability that’s groundedAnd considered by our system shockingly renowned Though our waking may be from a distanceThe thought of…

September 12th, 2023 Playing hide and seek with emotions. Trying to outwit the red flags and premonitions. Knowing the stakes, you try to hide. Why won’t you take credit for your part of the ride? Your life ended and mine never started. I’m sure realizing that smarted. Endlessly scraping the bottom of the barrel. Always…

June 12th, 2023 It’s so cute. Watching you replace me. Seeing notifications for co-op games we used to play come up for me, knowing you’re playing with someone else. How do they feel knowing they’re a replacement?  That you’re filling the hole of 3 AM video calls, weekend long text conversations that never ended, planned…