Mike Defreitas : Writing

Tender Thoughts

Tender Thoughts

A Story by Mike Defreitas


I can feel so broken on the inside when I smoke weed.And why do I smoke weed? Answer: identifications. Before I was old enough or wise enough to under..
Most obvious

Most obvious

A Story by Mike Defreitas


I truly feel thankful for much of the good in the world. So I call my dog to take a pee. I shouldn't be letting her pee in front of the house, but its..
Mother

Mother

A Poem by Mike Defreitas


The moment, the next one, you're looking forward to it. The thrust of life, bullet into your soul, permeating your chestYou thrust forward, into the w..
Paradoxes

Paradoxes

A Story by Mike Defreitas


I, like many other people, can experiences moments where reality tortures me. The issue lies in a loopiness; in a difficulty to neatly establish a..
Beings In The World

Beings In The World

A Poem by Mike Defreitas


Its not just that you have a selfIt means nothing - The word by itselfMeans nothingBut does that it mean it doesn't exist? I feel it. I know it by its..
Evolutions

Evolutions

A Story by Mike Defreitas


What is it that makes one feel the bitterness of livingAnd feel the need to help himself, from feeling it?What drives one to pursue healing, as oppose..
Openings

Openings

A Story by Mike Defreitas


I hear a slam outside the window, and I know already what it is; those blasted kids, stoners, all of them, tapping on the window, and slamming it,..
Plain Love

Plain Love

A Story by Mike Defreitas


When the moment passes you can fall into a blankness. Futilely searching for the thing which you can't see. Flailing, it could seem, like walking thro..
Therapy

Therapy

A Story by Mike Defreitas


Hi, Mike, how are you?I'm good, been doing good for most of the last few weeks, but I had a negative experience; or what wasn't completely negative bu..
Squares and Circles

Squares and Circles

A Story by Mike Defreitas


Going this way, ok...hmm, what is this...I like it ok, hmm, interesting, ok....ok.... umm, nope, this way, ok, ok, interesting ok. So I imagine the me..