Kalliope

4d

Zahra

Believe

No one
drowns
in their
own
waters.
Fish
don’t.
How
could
you?

4d

Blue Sapphire

You are gone
why do I still search?

I look at the stars in the sky
are you amongst them now?

No, you won't be there
It's a quiet place, you won't like

I wonder where you are
hope in someplace
where you can spread your laughter.

4d

LL

More | Haiku

that's when I knew you're
good for me — I liked myself
more for liking you

2025/111

#haiku

4d

Rhiannon Clayton

Grasping

She tried her best to grasp the moment that flowed forth so freely.
She tried to capture it like a still or a photograph.
She tried to replicate its beauty and innocence.
Finally, she set it free.
She realized that certain moments are so transient they only exist for a short while as a magnificent instant in time, and if fortune smiles upon us, they return like familiar companions who come to see how we are and provide solace to soothe the cycles of this life.
They ebb and flow, departing and arriving, precisely on time.

-Rhia Clay

#moment #time #cycle #life #familiar #free #innocence #beauty #depart

4d

Pho

What if it Stays

It knocked
softly
a breath at the door
but I
bolted the windows
and swallowed the key.

It came wearing warmth,
but I mistook it
for fire,
for teeth,
for grief with a new face.

So I fled,
faster than joy
could reach out its hand
afraid it might feel
like home.

4d

OnLithium

Simple Epistle

To Whom It May Concern,

The person writing you now
Is a person never seen
And never heard before
They have put so much work
And so much time
Into being better just in case
You ever bump into them
They have focused on the traits
The habits and impurities
That those before you hated
They have built themselves
In the image they were provided
With tools found lying about
They aren't finished by any means
But they hope you accept them
And won't destroy their work.

Best Regards,
The Person

5d

𐒡

Soft Reset

I used to share everything
a laugh, a pain
a slice of cake
a song that hurt too much

But now
I live in whispers
no more loud echoes in stories
no more photos chasing validation
no more telling the world
look I’m okay

Feels like everyone moved on
wearing rings
building homes
and I’m still sitting
where I first started
that shame
it bites

I don’t say much these days
don’t show much either
just letting things be
quietly

This isn’t bitterness
this is peace
private
quiet
sacred

Don’t ask why I disappeared
just know
I finally chose
me