shes fine" they said.
Ignoring the red droplets
That fall from her arms to the bathroom floor.
"shes just quiet" they whispered
while she screams in silence
as the drip drip drip of red now pools below
"she so clumsy" they laughed
as she hid knuckles now bruised
and pulled down sleeves over too scared skin.
"shes just quirky" they said
as she finished her final note.
she sits on the bathroom floor.
drip...drip...drip...
she no longer hears them.
the world has gone silent.
as steady droplets of red now flow freely
from wounds deeper than words.
"I'm fine" she said
as the world grew dim
till all she hears is
drip... drip... dri--
she fades away.
She wakes hands shaking
“It’s just a dream” she breathes
She looks down at her writs
The cuts now long faded silver slivers
She smiles to herself and thinks
“ of course it was a dream
For I’m still here.”
Apr 2
Apr 2, 2026 at 4:12 PM UTC
She stares at the flower before her.
It’s small ,but sharp.
It’s thorns reach to soft red petals
She glanced at the metal in her hand
It’s Cold. small. sharp.
It cuts down to red pools.
And then…
She looks back at the flower.
She sets down the object .
For roses are better than razor blades
Mar 30
Mar 30, 2026 at 5:43 PM UTC
No one understood the artists drawing
Or why the picture held such importance.
No one understood the three cracked pillars
As she did. How could they?
The tallest of them had been cracked
By the vines of anger and hate.
The words “WHERE WERE YOU”
Carved as loud as he yelled.
Its flowers have long since decayed
Into pain inflicting ruin.
The next was barely standing.
The anxious vines wrapping around it
Withered with exhaustion.
“Im Sorry” it said
As the final flower withered
And then there’s the middle.
It broke.
No longer able to Withstand the choking hold of the angry vines
Its crumbled visage screams for help
As self-decaying cracks spread across it
It receives none.
And yet…
(though in shadow)
Its flower still blooms.
For it knows it was not their fault.
After all “we were children”
And you. Weren’t. there
Mar 30
Mar 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM UTC