I thought all my friends were just artists, but we really all just have mental illnesses

[arc_semiarc]

big fat war
in the middle of
soldier finds rest

vintage Facebook, once my “space”
“wall” now “line”
keeps losing dimensions

I thought
all my friends
were just artists

but we really
all just have
mental illnesses

obsessive compulsive disorder
attention deficit hyperactive
bipolar with psychotic features

according to myth
Narcissus lives, we just
want him to drown

so we intentionally raise
the river tide higher and
make his reflection clearer

I don’t want
to be seen
on surface level

I don’t want to be seen on
surface level without others
understanding the context that

it is one of the rarest
opportunities for me to feel
empty, alone, as form of meditation

selfie says:
“look at me,
I’m dreaming”

comment says:
“this is shared reality,
we’re dreaming”

we won’t all drown if
we all fall into the river
at the very same time