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Death flies
She said she lies
In a bouquet of casket flowers
Her sons shred the cheek of sweat
A time to make mom smile
Fled whirlwind in a mile
I was born to decide the days I lived with pain and certainly fear
Some words my heart held dear
All ancestry reckon the fate
A destined little lifetime
Of suffrage and inconvenience
Empty kennels to shine in a dark veil
And then comes the angel calling
To a another lifetime of vanguard resurrection
Death flies...with wingless tentacles
 Jun 15 Mélissa
nivek
trading insults written on missiles
can poetry win the day?

can beauty be found
in blood and destruction?

one man walks out
surrounded by the fires of hell.
 Jun 15 Mélissa
Yonah Jeong
there are no 100-point children
just as there are no 100-point parents
of course there are
there are no 0-point parents
just as there are no 0-point children
because love is not measured in numbers.
 Jun 15 Mélissa
Asuka
You don’t have to rise like the sun each day—
some mornings, it's enough just to open your eyes,
to sit with the silence,
to feel your heartbeat and whisper, “I’m still here.”

You are not the storm that passed,
nor the ruins it left behind.
You are the seed under the soil,
waiting for the right rain,
the quiet miracle of a soul not giving up.

Let no one shame the pace of your healing.
Let no voice drown out the hush of your trying.
Because surviving is not small.
And breathing, on hard days,
is a kind of bravery the world forgets to praise.

So rest, dreamer.
You don’t need to shine tonight.
You just need to stay—
soft, alive,
and wildly worthy of tomorrow.
You push yourself hard and grind everyday and you are doing great, but sometimes when things are overwhelming you must to take a break.
🔥 There’s a time to roar, and a time to breathe.
You can’t fight every day with your fists in the air. Some days, the boldest thing you can do is sit quietly and say,

> “Not today—but I’ll rise again soon.”
 Jun 14 Mélissa
Mike Adam
Small dwelling

Flower and ****
Vying for place

Any breath could be
The last-

A sigh of deep
Contentment
 Jun 14 Mélissa
Caits
Untitled
 Jun 14 Mélissa
Caits
it felt good today
crying after the third mile
enjoying the sweat
the heat

winding down to the sounds
of a home
and a quite loud snoring puppy

But besides the point

it felt good today
finally
 Jun 14 Mélissa
Caits
love me in the crowded room
where no one is watching
watch me dance among the stars
and bellow at the wind

let me sing my worries
and whisper my joys

love me like you love the falling leaves
with your hands tucked in your pockets
before jumping in with everything

love me like you aren’t afraid
in a crowded room
for someone to see you
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