Eye of the Mountain

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Writing on the inner life.

Essays, memoir, and poetry on attention, grief, belonging, and what it means to live awake.

An open journal facing the rising sun in a mountain landscape

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Form

All 132 Poetry 70Essay 31Memoir 21Collection 10

Theme

Transformation 50Embodiment 48Attention 39Trauma 35Aliveness 30Creativity 29Relationships 26Family 24Grief 12Identity 11Spirituality 10Belonging 9Nature 5Culture 5

Series

Chakra Map 7The Arc of Becoming 5Shock Collar 3Lotus Eaters 3Developmental Order 3Shaping Water 3

Theme · Grief

12 pieces · Clear filters

01
Poetry1 min readMay 26, 2026

Worshiping Absence

Missing Out on Aliveness

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Memoir5 min readMay 4, 2026

A Brush with Death

And the Peek Beyond

griefcreativitynature
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Poetry1 min readMarch 13, 2026

Alive in a Fantasy

Spreading Death

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Poetry1 min readMarch 3, 2026

Accumulating Inevitability

Without Effort

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Poetry1 min readOctober 30, 2025

Faking of the Faking

Of the Faking

identitygriefrelationships
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Essay7 min readShaping Water · 3September 30, 2025

Resurrecting the Lost Technology of Grief

Shaping Water (part 3)

griefembodimenttransformation
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Memoir3 min readShaping Water · 2September 29, 2025

Murder of Innocence

Shaping Water (part 2)

traumafamilygrief
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Poetry2 min readSeptember 25, 2025

You call it a wasteland?

I’m gonna waste it, baby.

griefalivenesscreativity
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Poetry1 min readSeptember 21, 2025

The Weight

Of Trauma

traumagriefrelationships
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Memoir2 min readSeptember 19, 2025

The Love that Stayed

Was Not the Love I Wanted

relationshipscreativitygrief
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Poetry1 min readSeptember 13, 2025

Yesterday Grief, Today Mischief

Gratitude for the extremes

griefalivenessfamily
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Memoir4 min readAugust 22, 2025

Write it in blood if you must

Thoughts on suicide

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