Alethea Jimison

Alethea Jimison

Author, Poet & Truth-teller

False Delights

Symbolic landscape artwork of a DNA double helix suspended in a dark void, with one strand appearing organic and illuminated like flesh and roots, while the opposite strand transforms into metallic wires and circuitry. Faint, ghostlike human faces and hands are subtly embedded within the helix, suggesting the merging of humanity and technology.

Since the dawn turned dark in twenty-plenty’s sight,And the spiral deepened by twenty-twenty-two’s night,I’ve seen bodies like stars that forgot how to stay,Falling like whispers from heaven’s own fray.The field is a prism, the body a cage,Metallic illusions inscribe a…

No Thing

There’s a roaring inside my mind as I pretend to sleep peacefully next to your serenity.Inside I’m wailing at night as I pretend I’m alrightwhen I just want to die.I’m so tired of beingOf seeingOf thinkingOf choking on my insanityOf…

Perfection is For Cowards

Perfection is for cowards. I embrace the light with the same welcoming arms that shelter the dark. Perfection is a festering wound that begs for the approval of inferiority. I am the light. I ride my chariot of flame in…

The Flow

Chronic exhaustion is a spiritual intervention. Stop pushing against the tide of your life purpose to live a life made out of advertisements and indoctrinated beliefs. Instead of pushing, flow. Instead of striving, be. Become To be… Is the catalyst…

Dammit, Live Like You Have a Purpose

So many think they’re free. But don’t know why they’re choking on anxiety. Choosing to believe in a manufactured reality. Drink your beer. Eat your chicken wings. Sing the national anthem With the rockets red glare. The bombs bursting in…

The Anti-Patriot Zombie American Hypocrite

You’re so full of acrimony that you’re consumed with the need to spew your hateful discourse. Everyone else is an idiot of course. You hate America but refuse to leave. Because you’re a hypocrite living the American dream. You have…

Why are You So Scared of Destiny?

I love the sound of breaking things. The shattering screams of eternity as we remember that we are everything. If you feel like you’re dying inside, just remember to breathe air like it’s free. And then remember that you are…

Are You Ready to Bleed?

I want to rip you open until you can see your heartbeat so that you can remember you’re still alive. You’re so busy trying not to feel anything that you drink and smoke away your dreams. If you could stop…