A knocking softly, deep inside, A whispered wish I cannot hide, “Come in,” it pleads, “find solace here, Dispel the loneliness, the fear. Be haven sti...Read more
cricketsandcrawlers

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Death is overrated. Do you fear life? The thought of survival, endurance and acceptance; does it make your skin crawl? Your face looks blue. No, not ...Read more
"in english we say: they don't understand me. but in poetry we say.." (prompt) they don’t understand me not the weight i carry beneath my ribs the si...Read more
They named you fragile— never seeing the kiln-fire in your spine. Now watch how gold rivers mend the cracks, how every fissure becomes a vein of light...Read more
She’s fifteen, heart full, but heavy with doubt, Trying to smile while she’s fading out. Once she’d text back before he could blink, Now she stares at...Read more
They say ashes don’t leave footprints, but i hope mine do. Not for fame— just for proof that i burned with intention. That my leaving had shape. I k...Read more
There’s something about depression that feels like mold. Not dramatic. Just steady. Growing behind the walls where no one can see. Slow, quiet decay u...Read more
At first, the absence roared— a riptide dragging memory’s shell toward the reef where wreckage slept. But you, love, anchored in the ache. Did not ch...Read more
She held me like a secret she’d never tell, And suddenly, I felt quietly well. No need for questions, no need to run, In her hold, storms were done. S...Read more
I:ve walked through fire wearing silence like armor, Smiled with salt on my lashes And no one ever asked why. The world sees the laugh, But not the ...Read more
“When the Sky Let Me Feel” for the ones I’ve lost, and the part of me that left with them The sky burned soft, like the last breath of something beau...Read more
Wisdom of life and the fruit of the womb Mary, oh Mary, it could be only you Whirlwinds of wonder are carved in the tomb Life in between, such an artf...Read more
The alarms were a Titanic dirge. Countdown to drownin'. The wave was a wall that swept inland. Islands made of the edges. This strike was louder. Wat...Read more