the smokey grey

i am the top of the food chain in my habitat

[greylocke]

THE 5TH YEAR

clouds will gather and dissipate, shroud and reveal the soft glowing moon. her comfort will illuminate your eyes, then leave them wide and lost in the dark. the phases of the night sky will never be controlled by the likes of humans, and such is true for all of existence.

the inability to control is sobering, and can feel like a recurring nightmare. succumbing to its fear seems inevitable. it will make you feel small. it will make you want to die.

however, to release control is to be free. submitting to the chaos will deliver liberation softly in the palm of your hands.

there is one thing in which we hold entire control — our actions. nothing is more powerful.

years go on, life will radiate with the power of the sun and leave you in the cloying darkness within each one. 2025 was no different.

we must move on, move forward, and learn.

those who love you will hold you the whole way.

[greylocke]

SPITE

i would have saved you

if you let me

now i’d rather die.

evil overtakes my gentle heart

and i relish in the glory

of your suffering.

crying in empty rooms

upon deaf ears of rejection

rightfully alone.

[greylocke]

CURSED

demystifying the glyphs glowing from the validation portal and the eyes burn and sway between dimensions of silence and noise.

so much noise.

the wretched girl has been cursed, i’m afraid.

[greylocke]

STABLE AFTER THE PROCEDURE

nothing can cure

this mangled heart

so with blood soaked hands

and stained fingernails

i perform a makeshift surgery

stabbing and yanking needles

through arteries and bruised flesh

to stitch my viscera together

and ugly scars remain where

my manic hands trembled

not knowing whether or not

i’d make it through

my desperate operation

[diana-andraste]

Mildred Payne's Oracle of Black Enchantment, Patrick Valenza, c. 2017

Ink on paper

[weepingwidar]

Ellie Davies (British, 2002) - Dicephaly Crag (2025)

[fruitblush]

Oilspill

Prints

[greylocke]

CRASHING, CRASHING, CRASHING

swallow artificial serotonin

from pockets of strangers

optimistic, invincible

ride the wave til it falls

smashes into reality

empty

malnourished synapses

reach for the chemical

this brain can’t produce

mourning nervous system

slumping body

crashing

to the depths

of blackened neurons

and a deflated cortex

[corrodedparadox]

Splitting headache

[jmfenner91]

[greylocke]

SENSATION

i

feel

everything

and

nothing

at

the

same

time

and

one

day

it

will

be

too

much.

[cardo-de-comer]

Lyra, guardian of Eden

[osvetliteve-deactivated20160525]

[heavensghost]

You are as far from me as memory

[boobookittenartblog]

Foie Graphics

[fuzzbby]

Riccardo Albiero.

[greylocke]

DECOMPOSE

bathed in light

drenched in rain

sown in fertile soil

leaves still wilt

bleached, limp, helpless

a plant meets its end

despite sated needs

life cycles continue

indifferent, cruel

death will consume

as it wishes