Max Bemis by Emily Read is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 Who Is Max Bemis? Max Bemis, though still a stranger to me, is someone I’ve looked up to since I was thirteen years old.…Continue Reading
“At its crux, OCD treatment is about learning to live with the discomfort of uncertainty.” - Jeff Bell
Pursuit of Perfection my mind plays tricks on me: slaving over some standard I can never achieve. it’s true! and all too believable. I am obsessive and compulsive. insert the expletive! ’cause I too avoid…Continue Reading
She said, "Boo!" and scared my demons away
Where I Was Then and Where I Am Now I’ve accomplished things over the past two and one-half years that I once thought were impossible. I’ve essentially replaced the words “I can’t” with “I can.”…Continue Reading
Every day is a sleepy struggle
My Best Days Have Yet to Come I see a scattered mind that posts & clicks online: ailing from imposter syndrome; despising his own inventions simply because he created them. I am this man! unhurried:…Continue Reading
Love yourself as you love others
Golden we contest and bloom exceptional golden plumes even in death-soaked sadness Everett embrace your children and raise them near to the sun shield them with teachings and love About Golden and Everett These poems…Continue Reading
Life's philosophy on political theory
Conditional Love Preachers the extremists proclaim that they too have better brains as they entomb their heads beneath immeasurably deep & politically correct bleeding liberal depths: no longer lamenting God’s death & considering hedonism all…Continue Reading
Beware of social isolation
Regression I criticized my best friend for nothing of significance and questioned his intentions for there is but one who knows of any comrade’s true intentions. arms outstretched and mind shut tightly, I have been…Continue Reading
Sometimes it takes radical acceptance to learn to live with the past
Compassion as Our Guide is my first published short story. It was written during my freshman year of college but has gradually been altered over the past twelve years. It was once bleak and depressing.…Continue Reading
Loving yourself is easier said than done
Transformed and Vulnerable life doesn’t wait (so participate). apologize, compromise; ostracized & unwise: struggle through those despondent days. life couldn’t wait for me to lose weight to drop the ice cream for snapshots w/ Morrissey,…Continue Reading
I am living proof that things can get better
Meaning in Existence I worshipped Death: the Ultimate Solution; or so I thought that stubborn love and suicide pacts might challenge God and quench this thirst for something greater. About Meaning in Existence Meaning in…Continue Reading
