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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 105 — They Have Won

Posted 2 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: alignment, Betrayal, Bloody but Unbowed, character, City of Absence, Clean Intent, cremation-ground, Dark Night of the Soul, dignity, Empty Bed, Existentialism, first-order truth, Ghost, Grave, Gutter-Stoic, Hero’s Journey, humiliation, injustice, Institutionalized, Integrity, Internal Victory, Interrogated Intent, Invictus, Isolation, loneliness, Loud Intent, male vulnerability, Martyrdom, modern-poetry, Moral Spine., Polite Murder, raw emotion, recovery, Refusing to Kneel, rehab, rejection, resilience, Ronie Dinosaur, Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 105, Scapegoat, sobriety, Social Death, Special One, survival, The Abyss, They, They Have Won, trauma, Unbowed, Used, William Ernest Henley, won.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 105 - They Have Won They have won.
Everyone.
Those who never knew me dragged me into the gutter-
blamed me, discarded me, murdered me,
then tossed me into rehab. Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 97 — Reflection: Misfired

Posted 2 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: Artist vs Man, Branded Useless, College Memories, coming-of-age, Confessional, Consent Culture, desire, Disconnection, emotional intelligence, Emotional Void, Four Years of College, Fragmented Love, Heartbreak, Helipad Metaphor, High Character, Hourglass, Human Connection, identity, Integrity, Interior Monologue, Intimacy., justice, Literary Grit, Lust Train, Lust vs Love, Male Consent, male vulnerability, masculinity, Mirroring, Misfired, Misunderstood Men, Modern Dating, modern-poetry, Narrative Poetry, philosophical poetry, Psychological realism, Psychological Warfare, raw emotion, rejection, Resonance., respect, restraint, Ronie Dinosaur, self-knowledge, Self-Reflexive, Sexual Ethics, The Artist’s Voice, The Long Game, trauma.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 97 — Reflection: Misfired I was afraid-
how do I cup her face in my hands
and whisper, Stay quiet. 
Let me admire what I have.
She pressed closer. Read more from here...

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Why Not Me?

Posted 2 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: abandonment trauma, Agency, attachment, Betrayal, boundaries, consent, desire vs respect, dignity, emotional abandonment, emotional labor, endurance, existential questioning, fairness, friendship breakup, Heartbreak, human condition, incompatibility, inner conflict, Isolation, loneliness, longing, loss, male vulnerability, melancholia, memory, misalignment, moral conflict, moral solitude, patience, philosophical poetry, reflective verse, refusal-to-beg, rejection, restraint, restraint over desire, self-respect, self-withdrawal, shame, silence, slow burn, solitude, time, unanswered questions, unrequited-love, why not me, withdrawal.

Title - Why Not Me? With the heart that called you friend,
I asked you to be my girl.
You said no-straight, no pretend.
What’s a guy supposed to do in this world?
Should I stand there, beg, and plead, Read more from here...

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