Unreciprocated Respect

Unreciprocated Respect “If I love you, I want nothing from you-not even your love.”
-In common usage, this is performative humility.
People quote this line and feel grateful,
as if it captures pure selflessness.
When I say it, I mean it absolutely: Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 101 – COST

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 101 - COST In 2005, when she left,
this is what I became-
I am a ghost
hiding a mirror in which
I can’t see myself. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 100 – Song Shapeless

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 100 – Song Shapeless [Verse 1] A boy once saw the glory in her eyes,
Love at first sight, a flash across the skies.
Years later in college, felt another near—
Friendship and lust, but the shape wasn’t clear. Read more from here...
I Get Nothing – Anthem

I Get Nothing - Anthem [Intro] Not my right…
Not my worth…
Even the lowest get more than this earth… [Verse 1] Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 150 – Interlude: What Even the Lowest Get

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 150 - Interlude: What Even the Lowest Get Not my right-
not even that reaches me.
Not what matches my worth-
not even that.
What every human needs, Read more from here...
First-Order Truth Is a Process

First-Order Truth Is a Process Dostoevsky captures the collapse in Notes from Underground.
I am documenting the operating system that runs after the collapse.
Ronie Dinosaur walks with thoughts-
leaving literal footsteps on the ground.
That is a man who refused both collapse and consolation. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 138 – The Poverties That Forge

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 138 – The Poverties That Forge Poverty of company-
empty benches where echoes sit alone.
Poverty of companion-
no hand to match the stride,
no voice to answer the roar. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 101 – Life’s High

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 101 - Life’s High Life, too, is an addiction, my friend-
when it rises,
don’t ask what state it leaves you in.
When it crashes,
people lie scattered on the streets, sunk in depression. Read more from here...
Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 100 – Something Else

Ronie Dinosaur - Chapter 100: Something Else Just a thought, for the sake of it-
maybe one day we meet again.
You borrow my phone to call your father,
tell him you’re safe,
say it’s just a friend’s number Read more from here...
