Butane Games.

Butane Games.

Sparks’ flame sets a fire to far purer days where we were quiet and naive, fulfilling all the requirements of the image they taught us to be

Time passes as we witness how we now behave, rebelling against the very systems that lead us to the pain we are now actively remedying

We clutch our fists and inhale anything that leads us to leaving this present space

These grand risks taken by minds ever idle are defiant acts created within the struggle that persists in the wake of a hypnosis leading us to our inevitable downfall We know enough to access our survival using each other to combat the tidal that leaves us gasping for the very air that has destroyed our souls all along

We are escaping the establishment in perfect places and hidden corners where we can be rendered invisible From basement make-out sessions to unified wild intoxication, we are on a grand mission to forget what we are all running from The truth is, it is the very same force that keeps us together Little do we know that this is what they wanted for us all along and our many footsteps into rebellion and escape keep us latched onto the pain they intend for us to feel

It is a losing game we willingly play, convinced we are winning the strategy they created Once again, we remain at the bottom, yearning for a different reality than the one we live in everyday

It is all a losing game

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Blue Serenity: Phase 0 Pure Life; Conditioned Into Darkness #5

written by Dan Roberts

Blue Serenity is a story-based project created by Dan Roberts to be published through online platforms. It was written from the ages of 17-21 years old originally in the form of music and lyrics that have now been repurposed into a poetry format. Through six different parts (dubbed phases), you will be taken on a journey through different life chapters and extremes that lead into the perspective the writer currently harbours.

These confessional and fantasy-based stories represent different emotional extremes the author has experienced as they navigate the themes of teenage development, young adulthood, depression, loneliness, substance use and misuse, romantic relationships, emotional and sexual abuse, death, healing and self-improvement.

“Darkness looms about everywhere but so does beauty.”

Blue Serenity: Phase 1 Hollow Nights Under Starry Skies

i. hollow nights. ii. flower. iii. invisible. iv. blue emissions. v. do you? vi. help me now. vii. only me. viii. dreams. ix. control. x. paradise. xi. midnight. xii. nightwalker. xiii. someday. xiv. hollow nights II.

Pure Life; Conditioned Into Darkness (2/2)

Hollow Nights Under Starry Skies (1/2)

Blue Serenity: Phase 0 Pure Life; Conditioned Into Darkness. (the prequel)