I'm sorry. I locked you away and tried to silence you. I forced you to stop when all you wanted was to keep going. I quieted you when you needed to scream. If I could go back, I would treat you with the gentleness you deserve. I would hold you close, and together, we would tremble through the storm until the soft rain carried us into a peaceful sleep. » Continue Reading
Not in the way you might expect. My lungs aren’t gasping for air, but my soul feels like it is. It’s as though the weight of the world is pressing down on me, smothering me with a force I can’t push back. The future is a fog I can’t see through—murky, shapeless, and utterly out of reach. I have no grand aspirations. No lofty dreams. The only thing I want, the only thing I’ve ever wanted, is to bui... » Continue Reading
A sculptor resolved to craft a marble effigy, A tribute to a beloved claimed by disease. To caress the stone, to revere the shape of what once was. How dire the des » Continue Reading