They say it don’t matter
Find another in a dozen
Then why do my muscles
Clench to reach and hold?
How possible his aura
Emanated white gold?
Transfixed I panicked
And then he let me go
But I had not wanted
Him to give up easily
Month: October 2025
(Run Slow – Dreamloop Ibiza, Deep House)
Fresh Wounds
It’s hard to just deal with &
Not lash out in anger when
Pain’s already been constant
(Found You – Sallax)
Desperate Measures
Layering in phasing
To stave off longing
Attempting to
Stop bleeding
From love’s arrow
Punctured through
“Hunger’s Kingdom” (Song)
By Athena Stairs, October 31, 2025
Come, my love
Let us feed now
Place your healing
Hands upon my body
Help reshape my form
To its pleasing beauty
Let me keep your soul
Warm after its freezing
Let us learn to encourage
The wild in hearts’ beating
As we scale the heights
No one dares to mention
We have been taught to fear
What’s right in our intentions
Afraid we’d shatter luck
If looked into the mirror
But we’ve proven truths
Beyond limited scholars
Come now, my love
It’s time we overrule
—
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The Elders Gave
A warning
To not seek
The Source
For if it
Doesn’t
Accept
An open
Heartfelt
Offering
Sanity
Yields
Forfeit
Every Body’s
Looking
For a story to
Just fall into
Expecting
Easy entry
Refusimg
The work
Authentic
Connection
Requires
“Sun Kissed” (Song)
By Athena Stairs, October 31, 2025
One perfect Fall day
Cascading sun rays
Revealed before me
A figure of an angel
Forged in darkness
Brilliant in splendor
Haloed light’s sashay
Will forever replay
In nights restless
His knowing smile
Held all the while
Delighted interest
What happens to mortal soul
Once beholds the face of God?
How to repent for lacking
Chance to kneel in fealty?
Held back by fear of
Trangressing cruelly
Without a hand gesture to
Allow kissing finger’s sigil?
Ah No! – Let it not be that
Such glory’s abandoning!
For bereft I’ll always be
Consumed by such grief
Fed upon by regrets
Imposing madness!
And in the years to come my
Heart will fight but not win
Remembering love’s hope
In its bloom left to languish
—
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Hm
“As my body attempts to return to its prior shape, it becomes clear that the lower portion of my ribs was blasted, flanged open…”
(Ocean Between Us · Sensed)
DisIntegration
Once she had children, they were the excuse by her partner for further distraction and disintegration of their prior pair bonding.
When & Where?
“Has a woman been seen as desireable for wanting and needing a man without being required to, in return, give up her independent identity?”
(Una Mattina – Lynnic)
Broken Pieces
“It is very hard for me to conceptualize that I could be wanted as a viable partner – despite all of the struggling that I am having to overcome due to these lingering car accident injuries.”
“Whispers In The Wind” (Song)
By Athena Stairs, October 31, 2025
For once
Give me more
Than I can handle
Overwhelm
My sense of balance
Make me rethink everything
From finding safety and comfort
At last in my true love’s embrace
Saturate all of my senses
Guiding me toward a
New destination
Where everything
Makes sense
To us again
—
Ethereal Elden tones.
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(The Apparition – Sleep Token)
Dear Alex,
“Why are you never real?”
—
(Sleep Token lyrics)
I Do Not Like
Sour towels.
(Where Shadows Bloom)
(Don’t Let Me Down – The Chainsmokers ft. Daya)
Too Tired To Care, Anymore
She had made it to the edge of a land mass and had just enough energy to drag herself out of the water – but not enough to seek shelter – before collapsing onto the shore.
Someday
“From these tiny, dead end beginnings I shall achieve something.”
No More
Tepid Maybees.
(Come Along – Titiyo Naid 2001 Remix)
“Family Photo”
Sacred Flames
“Centering”
Everywhere
She’d gone to the park for a phone appt and nap – only to find other families and their dogs barking noise going straight through her.
(Always You – Ourson Music)
Playing Around
I can handle ups & downs
If the attachment is sound
Built on solid foundations
—
(Content of multiple meanings)
(Master & Servant – Depeche Mode)
Let It Rain – The First Video
Honest Interest
Adapting
Emotional Regulation Skills
She Loves Me
Dear Friend,
As nestling beside you
We scrabble into dirt’s
Smooth warm barrow
Hunkering down close
Allowing waves too great
For our tender capacities
To flow above and past
Dreaming of our clarity
In underground retreat
Cautious of revelations
(Evenfall – Infinite Reflections)
Belonging
In the veil they would meet
Brushing hands in passing
Neither feeling secure
To reach out grasping
Needing consistency
Unable to voice fealty
But finding in each other’s hearts
Hope’s comfort they were seeking
Making Sense
Back To Basics
Brave In The Waves
Softness From Strength
In Or Out
Bringing To Light
Love’s Blade
(Azure – R3DN1K)
“Runaway” (Song / Spoken Word)
By Athena Stairs, October 29, 2025
I found this really cool guy
Who could look me in the eye
No matter a thing that I would say
But then I found out
He was still full of doubt
Tipped his hat and then left the same day
All I ever do is find a
Runaway runaway
It seems I’ve got a knack
Can’t get a guy to stay!
I need this nut to crack
They never take it back
The meat is always rot
And leaves a bitter sting
What is it in a man
That draws me to him?
Thinkin’ that he’ll stick
But there’s no glue
Like chasin’ butterflys
There is no reason why
Dodge and weavin’
Only leaves my heart a bruise
And all I ever seem to find’s a
Runaway runaway
No matter what I say(do)
It’s all the same
Stars aligned but not entwined
I’d seize the day they go away
A trick of light changin’ the frame mind!
There came a time I thought
That I had made the grade
But Fickle Fate
She had to add her’s too
Life can be unkind
No replay just hit unwind
Now just runaway is
Something I do too
—
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Why Am I Like This?
Moving pieces are never ending
Part of household transportating
Ear plugs, papers, pens, and pencils
Avoid listing all of the minor essentials
Hazardous roller case splaying unzippered
Complex cycle orders revealing exposures
Chasing use patterns one moment to next
Out of my mind trying to keep up with time
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