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How's It Hurting?
Please dumb it down for me I'm tired of playing Pretending I have any clue what I'm doing What's going on? How's it hurting? Hands over...

Paul Clive
Aug 1, 20251 min read


Lego
Mealy-mouthed sub-optimal consumer Filled with a black bile tar heart Feathers fringed tinged dark with fear Red and Green with envy All...

Paul Clive
Dec 20, 20241 min read


The Fences
Life is full of ups and downs but sometimes it's also full of indifference, numbness. Sometimes it seems like no matter what we do we can't catch a break while other times it feels like life goes on without us making the slightest effort. Sometimes doing nothing works while swinging for the fences ends in utter disaster. If I had words I'd sing a song I'd rearrange the stars Up in smoke Set off like sparks Flattened here Still and barely Inhaling Even' stars Such a moon Forgo

Paul Clive
Apr 7, 20232 min read


Atlantis
Blasphemous I rearrange these stones Foolish to believe We were cut from the same quarry Simultaneous The damage caused A bright star disappearing Vanished from my skies Catacombs The farther I go The deeper the wishing I was the one disappearing Absolute zero Now frozen lungs Just idling here Thinking I was worth a damn Continuum Biting tongues Just biding Wishing I was worth your time With melancholy reservations I construct a future without myself And set these keys like s

Paul Clive
Mar 14, 20231 min read


All Bark
Why do we continue fighting? Life seems to want to find a way, to preserve itself, to keep us going even when we feel like giving up. Is...

Paul Clive
Nov 3, 20221 min read


Fail to Hate
Fail to Hate Devoured in vines Skies clad in iron Roses like wires Rusted but still bolted down Neglected aches Still stitches for days...

Paul Clive
Oct 11, 20221 min read


Perhaps Not
Feeling pretty done with Summer... Tired of the heat Craggy arid landscape You can look out over what is left And see where water ran...

Paul Clive
Aug 10, 20221 min read


Chasing the Fog
Born here upside down Branches breaking skin Kin to every wolf Child of every sin Timid on the rooftops Colors coalesce Rushing for the...

Paul Clive
Jun 23, 20221 min read


Disused
No dog in the fight. Beaten down and broken by the world and ready to accept any state of existence that seems even remotely novel or...

Paul Clive
Apr 29, 20222 min read


Upside
Life is full of ups and downs, whether you are struggling or not, whether you are healthy or not. Even when things are going well it can...

Paul Clive
Apr 24, 20222 min read


Captive
Communication can be difficult, even more so when there is physical and emotional distance between people. It can often feel like we are...

Paul Clive
Mar 29, 20221 min read


Disintegrate
If I could explain it I wouldn't be here again With these colors in my hand And these words on canvases If I could remember I'd find my...

Paul Clive
Feb 25, 20221 min read


Monsters in Margins
We're off the edge of the map, Jack Of Monsters and Margins Off the edge of the map Where monsters are in the margins The devils in the...

Paul Clive
Feb 19, 20222 min read


Nowhere
Sometimes we find ourselves nowhere in particular. Consumed with a kind of empty dread, a numbing feeling of not belonging anywhere and...

Paul Clive
Jan 23, 20221 min read


Down
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder. You're bundled up now, wait 'til you get older... Down And out, for a count And a...

Paul Clive
Dec 28, 20211 min read


Orbit
The seasons change. It can be hard to tell if we'll ever see the sun. Sometimes it's easy to forget, as we build ourselves up and lie to...

Paul Clive
Nov 29, 20212 min read
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