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Cascading Conundrums
by Charles Judd Peserla

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Dunno
I dunno if I'll ever be ready. I dunno when I'll be able to leave my box. I dunno when the bleeding will stop. I dunno what to do after...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 23, 20211 min read


Reading Songs
Do you ever read the words of a song? Of course, you listen but only with your ears. The hymn is understood, yes but the artist, no. The...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 21, 20211 min read


iwrite
I write with a broken mind. Pick up a pen, get a note or hold a phone, drink a coke. Then, write some more until inspiration expires....
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 19, 20211 min read


In a state of nothing
Have you ever woken up empty? So empty like there's a hole inside of you, an itch you can't scratch, a big question in your mind but you...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 18, 20211 min read

A 4 AM conversation under the stars
You're already seventeen, what are you waiting for? The boy asked. Life. Something different. The girl answered. You should have a...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 17, 20211 min read


Dear, why are your eyes my serene sunrise? (A Sonnet)
Dear, why are your eyes my serene sunrise? Carelessly. I neared the ambiance you bring In your iris, the calm of the storm lies Your...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 16, 20211 min read


A Dogged Man’s Resiliency (My first poem)
The mistakes I cannot hide Are like the sand on the beach And the stars in the sky Times two, if it could be multiplied Enough to bury me...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 14, 20211 min read


Relive
Before we pay the bills, before we fly on our own, let's live the old days one last time: run the fields with ignorance 'til we wet our...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 13, 20211 min read


The Masquerade of Things
The lover dies of heartbreak The daredevil develops trauma The warrior drops without a fight The heathen resorts to karma Songs lose...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 13, 20211 min read


Somniphobia
In my dreams, my legs are short and breathing's no different; from nightmares, there's no outrunning. My body keeps thrusting forward but...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 13, 20211 min read


HYELB
Have you ever loved before? Have you experienced the thrill of butterflies? Has your body on a room have its head in the skies? Have you?...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 13, 20211 min read


Glitch in time
'Twas a yellow afternoon when a claim was made to go to never before reached heights. Breaths were taken on the best moment, the moment...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 13, 20211 min read


Bright dots
Bright dots on a dark slate are the stars, and like them, we spark colorless. Distant enough to view all else invisible, bloated enough...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 13, 20211 min read


Blind dead
Fractured ribs like spikes inside after you wounded this wounded soul of mine. You'd always walk breaking ice, while I, frozen and...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 13, 20211 min read


He
He's bothered by his stature, but mostly by his thoughts Such a covert creature, a secluded soldier, preparing for battles he hasn't yet...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 13, 20211 min read


Hearts
Wrong cards played, wrong sacrifices for someone who'd bring your game to ashes. You once thought she'd only kindle the wick of the lamp;...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 13, 20211 min read


?
I'm a walking question, a puzzle personified. A need for retrogression, others said their minds. Withal, my state's the same for I know...
Charles Judd Torculas Peserla
Jan 12, 20211 min read
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