Despair

Remembering what they once had
Words cannot cut through his dreams
And while for her he will...

"It's like a dark alley
where the cats all lay

Where they eat
where they sleep...

Why?
When I’m without her does my mind begin to falter?
Why?
When I’m without her does...

Waking
Dressing
Eating
Working

Eating
Drinking
Sleeping badly...

John (Jake) Cosmos
Novelist, Poet,
Foreign Service Officer, (US Diplomat) retired
PSC...

Hes cold
Deep in the dark he lives alone.
Heart so black

I say he has a heart of gold...

I feel like I am drowning and I can't find land. I can't find a sturdy place to stand. I have been sinking...

The embellishments of life
collect at our feet, with peeping suns
perking the flowerbeds,...

Face shoved into my pillow, tears soaking the case
Toxic thoughts corrupting my wandering mind...

Bandage trails scattered at my feet
Some of us have scars left pink and white from wounds-
My...

(scoured from dregs of me muss held head)
I shore up a vignette to free
my ("FAKE")...

When you're chronically ill
And the sands of time start to run low
When you're scared and...

She played
Her sorrows,
I wanted
A tomorrow,
In the dark
She gave me...

‘Tis but again I see that love is cursed,
and nothing more than dreams of simple fools.
A...

EMOTION TWISTING
Take a deep breath for me.
Do you think we could yawn together?
...