CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

To celebrate this month's release of Another 365 Days of Poetry which released on the 4th. Links to the collection can be found at: https://books2read.com/u/bo2Y0a .   Company on the Long Road   Written on May 28, 2017, for Another 365 Days of Poetry , this piece reflects the crossroads at which I stood at this time, the conflict over choice, and my gratitude for those who’d walked with me and been there when I needed them, even though most didn’t know that they were. Yes, depression can last this long, but you can work through it.   I have walked the long road, the one where all humans walk alone, the one where you feel forsaken, though you are accompanied by droves.   I have walked the dark path, the one where midnight is your guide, the one where you look forward to nothing, but still stubbornly take each stride.   And I have stood beneath the sky, the paths branching multitudinous from my feet, the paths where t...

To celebrate this month's release of Another 365 Days of Poetry which released on the 4th. Links to the collection can be found at: https://books2read.com/u/bo2Y0a .   Nothing Matters   Written on May 26, 2017, for Another 365 Days of Poetry , this piece was inspired by my experiences working in the Australian Public Service for Defence. Needless to say, I was remembering what had happened to me, and was a little depressed at the time. That experience was two and a half years behind me, at the time I wrote this, and I was starting to recover. Days where I felt like this were becoming rarer, and, for that, I am very, very thankful.     It doesn’t matter how far you run, it will never be far enough.     I will find you.     It doesn’t matter how good you are, you will never be good enough.     I know what you have done.     It doesn’t matter how hard you work, it will never be hard enough.    ...