I.J Steinberg

1. Vindicate my vilification. 2. The sky reached it’s hands out to caress my carelessness. 3. Light up my marrow and splash it on all of...

Maybe I could apologize if I actually wanted to make amends? Maybe I could open the door for my baggage if my baggage wasn’t so heavy?...

After an hour and a half, the first words are scribbled, painted, inked, and typed. His fingers ghosted over the blank page mocking him....

Bury your success deep because this world is not yet ready for your control. Take from others their choices, their dreams, their sharp...

Stand firm, the maw she is a calling, Fire Precipice fire away. Never been to sea when the winter’s foul, Stand firm lads and lasses...

Languish in lurid dreams as you dictate your most delirious decadence into a doggy bag,,, (think think think) Pontificate on the pompous...

Apologize to your elders right now, Let them see your open mind now empty in all, Let them see you respect them instead of suspect them,...

When they drop that bomb, Dadun dun dun… Crawl out through the fallout with the greatest of aplomb. I don’t know where I’m going to be...

F**k, Flittering like fatuous philistines, Walking wading wallowing in self appeasement, Indulging in orgies of self gratification. F**k,...

Life river Sickness tracer Life snatcher Life giver Lung eater Throat cutter Pride giver Humble maker Time stopper Blade abhorrer...

Dear Uncle I Never Knew, Do you know that your brother misses you? Probably not because to him you’re a ghost. To me though you could’ve...

It will be night soon, And I flutter away into the dark. Pet me… I stare into daylight, But hate those warm hands that try to hold me...

D O W N You G O You G O Down Y O U Digest D O W N E R Words C R E A T I N G Broken crowns… © 2016 Jared “I.J” Steinberg. All Rights...

Bring it out! Out you say? Say this and your heart won’t be heavy anymore, Anymore stress and I’ll collapse in a cavalcade of self...

You will find peace in the noise and silence, But first you’ll have to figure out which is really louder. The secret of the present is...

52. the feeling of being lost and unaware without any greater direction. 73. happiness fleeing in fear of one’s own shadow. 81. the...

Past blue tinted windows I gaze down at what could’ve been mine. I see cars pass by in lines of red and yellow light, Crisscrossing in...

The timequake transmission is burning the page, But baby, you’re a rich man, So pick up new pages and dust off the soot. © 2016 Jared...

I’m afraid of never waking up, Of the voice that calls to me every time the morning light breaks through the dusted blinds. The soft...

Coiled sun, Bursting sun, Casting shadows across her smile, Skin glowing, gleaming, galvanizing me. She withstands the heat of the flame,...