“Maybe I was reaching for authenticity through a funhouse mirror. I didn’t know. I just didn’t want to be who I was. It turns out that’s not a specific enough request.”
— R. Eric Thomas, Here For It(Amazon, Bookshop)
everyday we get up
rise to the occasion
sometimes it’s amazing
until it’s not.
we try our best
put on our super-hero chest
fake it till you make it
the chain is stronger than you think
i realize everyday it’s how you think
thoughts become things
it’s time to think great thoughts
try it, it’s you.
©️MarcusCaesar
nothing
breathe in the moment
stay present
will be all that I can be
but also give myself grace
playing in the face of adversity
I/We will survive.
©️MarcusCaesar
Sometimes I sit and wish I could freeze time right where I am. That way I’ll never lose all of the lovely things that are around me. But time keeps going and things keep getting lost. But I’m still living because something new and beautiful is going to come around eventually and that right there is something to stick around for.
-Unknown
drip drip drop
wash it away
hard times come again no more
©️MarcusCaesar
lost another friend to the virus
confronted with mortality
makes me feel
too much
masculinity makes me want to hold it in
crying under my skin
go away virus
you’re taking so much away
the universe has picked me to stay
I wish I can take your pain away
make it vanish.
©️MarcusCaesar
words shout out
punishing, harsh
breath is gone.
©️MarcusCaesar
i will rebuild my life
one floor at a time
i will fulfill my destiny
my time to shine
worrying doesn’t help
having faith does
I had little
stay with me spirit
along this path
help me not to go mad.
©️MarcusCaesar
I’ve prayed for peace
should I stop
remembering his time is not my time.
©️MarcusCaesar
my spirit needs helping
pray for me
I increase the frequency
of talking with you.
©️MarcusCaesar