Tag: books
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Stages of Grief

I. Denial She tells herself that he is near,That nothing truly changed out here.Perhaps he only needs some space,Then soon she’ll feel his warm embrace. She reads old footprints in the ground,And swears he’ll surely come around.This isn’t ending. Not like this.Not after each touch and kiss. The forest whispers what she knows,But still she…
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Our World

July 11, 2026 She knocked upon a quiet door,then stepped inside their world once more.The silence wrapped around the air,and she half-wondered, “Are you there?” She found a lonely corner’s glow,with nowhere else she wished to go.She curled up small and softly sighed,while questions gathered deep inside. Perhaps he’s busy, she confessed.Perhaps today just needed…
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The Devil Reached Her

She was not taken in some violent moment.No thunder split the heavens.No crimson omen bled across the sky. She disappeared quietly-through the aching hunger to be chosenby hands that only ever reached halfway.Through accepting confusionbecause even confusion felt warmerthan the loneliness echoing through her hollowed ribs. She opened her heart freely,pouring herself into thosewho drank…
