A sound in the silence

I came back home after months of study Hoping to find some peace and rest But my room was cold and void of life As if it had been long left The only sound that broke the silence Was a…

I am the sun of my own sky

I am the sun of my own sky I shine with love for myself I heal my wounds with my warmth I ignore the clouds of doubt They say I am too bright They say I blind their sight But…

Who am I?

To a world, I’m just a shell A stranger, distant, silent I keep my walls up high and well No danger, no contact But those who know me deep, they see A soul that’s different I weep, I cling, I…

The flowers that never bloomed

We were the flowers that never bloomed We withered in the storm of violence We lost our petals, our fragrance, our colors We fell one by one, like raindrops of blood What did you gain, O Gardener of life? If…

Let’s embrace the cringe

Do you understand cringe? Some loathe it deeply, I wonder why? Does it bite them, unseen? I ponder, now and then, What is this cringe, That some despise so fiercely? An answer emerged: Cringe is their shadow, Their unspoken fear.…

Specks

She saw him, always, outside the ward, standing still a figure like time, waiting for no one, but seen by her. Her body burned, stripped to silence by the drip, but she walked past him, fragile and certain, saving her…

No lies left

I know my flaws, the shadows I carry, the promises I’d fail to keep. I know my imperfections, the jagged edges, the cracks that reveal too much. I know my scope, how far my arms stretch before falling short. But…