Styles Yugen7 days agoMisery is NumbI look to the world and find no hope. I look to myself and see no future. And finally I look up to the stars and see everything that I’...
Styles YugenJan 4The Icarus DelusionImagine an ocean. A small boat sits on the surface, bobbing in accordance to the waves, and far above the sun burns hot. You know, sitt...
Styles YugenDec 28, 2020The Icarus IllusionI can’t stand it when I’m told to smile. I’ll smile when I damn well please, not for your pleasure or comfort. I’ll smile when it’s wor...
Styles YugenDec 22, 2020VampiresEver hear of those old mythological creatures? The ones that can turn into bats at will, are afraid of garlic, and don’t have a reflecti...
Styles YugenDec 7, 2020Blues for a Dying StarTime is a constant relative. It passes the same for each who experiences it, one second per second into the future--just a long line tha...
Styles YugenNov 30, 2020Liminal TimeYou’re up late, the last night before leaving to home the next. Outside the streetlight buzzes and the aircon across the street rumbles ...
Styles YugenNov 9, 2020Synthetic LoveTrue love is a myth. It pains me to say it because all those times I’ve lain in bed staring at the ceiling and dreamed about it are for ...
Styles YugenNov 2, 2020RazbluitoAre you the one? Are you just someone? I see you laughing under the midnight sun, I don’t want you to be alone. In the shadow where you l...
Styles YugenSep 21, 2020HandprintsWater drips from the musty cave’s roof. Dust kicks up around your boots. And your torch flickers. But there! Amongst those damp pilla...
Styles YugenSep 7, 2020Dark JusticeWe live in the present. Neither the past or the future, we’re stuck between the two on a razor’s edge. We must live up to the past whil...
Styles YugenAug 24, 2020Crickets of the MindBack on Earth there’s a creature that’s survived every ecological disaster thrown at it. They come out at night and rub their back appen...
Styles YugenAug 10, 2020PoetThere once was a wannabe poet who walked to the edge of the world in an attempt to understand. “Hark,” they’d say, pointing to great bomb...
Styles YugenAug 3, 2020Sisyphean Disappointment I once knew someone who reminded me of Sisyphus--from that old myth from the Greeks that never seems to go out of date. The person I knew...
Styles YugenJul 27, 2020DustbowlOnce upon a strange planet, I dithered without care or permit, Over many canyons, sheer and bright-- While I delved, nearly plummeting, s...
Styles YugenJul 13, 2020Non Compos Mentis: EmoteLoneliness is like a building, tall and strong, standing upon the edge of the sea. It is built by a man for families to live, and for ye...
Styles YugenJul 6, 2020Steel MagnoliasMagnolias are beautiful. They stand tall, bloom violent pink flowers, and smell like a fresh LifeSup unit. They’re an ancient genus wit...
Styles YugenJun 29, 2020ShouganaiI live in a digital world. Everything is simulated; from the smallest blade of grass to the mightest mountain, it’s all fake. Even thos...
Styles YugenJun 22, 2020Comet of the LostYou’re sitting in your favorite chair going about your nightly routine. The fan above, pumps far away, even electricity in the walls and...
Styles YugenJun 8, 2020ctrl+alt+delThe blue screen of death: it’s in our collective vernacular even today, regardless the fact that nobody even remembers what the hell it o...
Styles YugenJun 1, 2020Plato's BiscuitThere once was a ship. It was built from wood and sailed proudly across the ocean high for many years, but as with any machine, pieces b...