Mike Defreitas : Writing

I and Other

I and Other

A Poem by Mike Defreitas


See the world as it isI and ThouMy I and my internal thouThe object of my awarenessExisting within me asA permanent otherThe observer And his experien..
The Depth

The Depth

A Poem by Mike Defreitas


When We seeWe see from the depthThe coreAnd essencePrimordial and PreexistingGiving shape and meaning. How can I say that I've felt the depth?Without ..
Diss-Association

Diss-Association

A Poem by Mike Defreitas


Feelings I have about someone important to me.
Wild Nature

Wild Nature

A Poem by Mike Defreitas


A reaction I couldn't shake off after watching Wildest Indochina.
Making Sense of It All

Making Sense of It All

A Poem by Mike Defreitas


Am I weak because I need to Talk? Need to make real - to externalize - to represent to myself: to engage in what psychologists call "symbolizing". Sym..
tremendous terror

tremendous terror

A Poem by Mike Defreitas


Where am I in this maze of terror? Existing in emergence and formationOf unresolved impulses Compressed along the innards of timePainstakingly kept fr..
The Eternal Darkness

The Eternal Darkness

A Poem by Mike Defreitas


I can't seeI can't symbolize for meWhat is me? I am lost in the seaOf a place where I can't beCan't seeWhere I am I am lost in this fog ofEternal chao..
Order Over Chaos

Order Over Chaos

A Story by Mike Defreitas


Just some things I was feeling about something I saw on the news.
Warm

Warm

A Poem by Mike Defreitas


The thoughts which pour through - which nag me, call me, seduce me: go. Go! Take it. Take it for yourself. You deserve this. This experience. This cor..
Robin Williams and the stigma of Mental Illness

Robin Williams and the stigma of Mental Illness

A Story by Mike Defreitas


We like to think of mental illness as a noun. It’s a “thing” that happens to people. In doing this, we concentrate on the mental or ..