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Pantoums
Why I write Rhythm in blues comes to lead and paper My mine doesn’t stop, a river with no dam Ideas come in and out I am caught in...

Marshall Azir
Dec 8, 20241 min read


Fleeting Discipline
I wrestle with discipline I wrestle not because I don’t want it, I wrestle because I desire it but don’t know how to keep it, I wish I...

Marshall Azir
Feb 7, 20241 min read


Touch the Sun
There is call, A call to reach the heights of magnitude, To forever chase the gravity at the core of future, A yearning to reach out to...

Marshall Azir
Feb 7, 20241 min read


Deadly Emotions
We would speak storms to each other, Thundering through our angering frames, We would speak war to each other, Nuking our intimate...

Marshall Azir
Feb 7, 20241 min read


What Inspires You?
I'm always interested in learning more about you and what inspires those around me. Tell me more about what inspires you. It can be...

Marshall Azir
Jan 8, 20241 min read


Language Barrier
I think its better if we never speak again, You speak gibberish and I speak Gooble gobble The language we use is a never parsed right,...

Marshall Azir
Dec 31, 20231 min read


Ghosts of Past thoughts
Ghost of past thoughts haunts me like a wraith Shrieking in the halls of my mind, The valley of death is an encroaching menace seeking to...

Marshall Azir
Dec 31, 20231 min read


Poem: Misunderstood Intimacy
So many people want to be understood, But I want to misunderstand you, If it were up to me, I would be awkward with you, I would sit in...

Marshall Azir
Dec 22, 20231 min read


Poem: Dear Car,
Your sweet smile sends my mind into doubts, Leaving marks on my memory, Your eyes, are tender embrace, Your voice sweet air freshener,...

Marshall Azir
Dec 22, 20231 min read


Poem: Dear Amanda
Dear Amanda, Next time we will be brave, Not in solitude, but in telling you… I think about you, I wish to know how your green eyes...

Marshall Azir
Dec 22, 20231 min read


Poem: Mad Prophet
Mad Prophet Shout your truth Madness seep into reality Insanity oxymoron Mad prophet Shed tears for our sins Madness drips into the river...

Marshall Azir
Dec 22, 20231 min read


Baptism Through Suicide B.
B. Journey to Oblivion “Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever lose their life will preserve it.” “Where is it? Where...

Marshall Azir
Dec 22, 20236 min read


Baptism Through Suicide A.
A. Valley of Death “You haunt me in my dreams, taking each and every moment that forms my reality.” Marcus, staring into the mirror,...

Marshall Azir
Dec 22, 20236 min read


Vapid Sun Chapter 2: New Past
Mal shoots through the other side, coming to a familiar solar system. The ship unlocks Val from the chair turned stasis pod and he...

Marshall Azir
Dec 22, 20236 min read


Vapid Sun Chapter 1: Disintegrating Realities
It is an abomination for sentient beings to see the decay of their celestial bodies. Humanity experiencing the crumbling sun and the...

Marshall Azir
Dec 22, 202313 min read


The Man From The East Pt 2
Faith “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. I told my wife what was...

Marshall Azir
Dec 22, 20235 min read


The Man From The East Pt 1
Hope “Hope is what makes us strong. It is why we are here. It is what we fight with when all else is lost.” -Pandora, God of War 3 As I...

Marshall Azir
Dec 22, 20235 min read


Pontifex Maximus Chapter 2: Mid-West Hospitality
Upon returning to work the following week, Fred looks through his emails to catch. At some point, Rachel walks in and he looks over his...

Marshall Azir
Dec 22, 20238 min read


Pontifex Maximus Chapter 1: I Saw the Light
“I’ll never forget the day I came to the steps of the old church.” Dr. Fredrick Ambrose II walks slowly to the pulpit in his crisp purple...

Marshall Azir
Dec 22, 202311 min read


Burden of Heaven Pt 2
Nothing seemed to be adrift in the beginning, but as I read on, I began to see more. Letter 2 Dear Mary, Sorry for the short letter...

Marshall Azir
Dec 22, 20232 min read
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