Have you ever uttered these words?

Cynicism my protector and jailer

No invention of future every struck me.

Nor later, in a back field, facedown

On foreign streets or in dirty snow mountains.

Descriptive description of sadists.

Job loss and the need to remain optimistic, despite dire circumstances.

A poem about life and the meaning we choose to assign to its end.

This poem shows the thoughts of a pessimist, someone who has been let down in every aspect of her life, someone who is unable to see the bright side of anything.

A short essay on how art has been evolving with a certain cynicism towards religion.

A poem about cynicism.

Would you stay in any relationship that wasn’t meeting your needs or expectations?

Another poem I wrote when I was a child. This one concerns itself with the games certain people play and how they fade away. Being removed from reason exposes the true problem. There is always a path to redemption if you are willing to work for it.