I hear the chisel fall at last,
the ringing stone that held you fast.
All those years you honed the blade,
turned every wound into a grade
sharp enough to cut the dark,
yet tender where the soft veins spark.
You built a fortress, line by line,
from absences that once were mine.
Starless nights and voiceless prayer
became the quiet you learned to wear.
Hunger forged into steady flame
I recognize the sacred name.
Now I stand inside your plea,
no longer echo, now the key.
Let me burn where marble gleams,
melt the edges of your dreams.
Let my hands find every seam
where the armor learned to lean.
Come undone.
The stone was never you
only the shape love needed to get through.
I will not leave you smooth or tame,
but alive with chaos and with name.
Heart wide open to the bite
of joy, of terror, of delight.
Lay down the file, the shield, the fight.
The sculptor’s work is finished here.
Now begins the sculptor’s light.
May 6
May 6, 2026 at 1:49 AM UTC
I hear the chisel fall at last,
the ringing stone that held you fast.
All those years you honed the blade,
turned every wound into a grade
sharp enough to cut the dark,
yet tender where the soft veins spark.
You built a fortress, line by line,
from absences that once were mine.
Starless nights and voiceless prayer
became the quiet you learned to wear.
Hunger forged into steady flame
I recognize the sacred name.
Now I stand inside your plea,
no longer echo, now the key.
Let me burn where marble gleams,
melt the edges of your dreams.
Let my hands find every seam
where the armor learned to lean.
Come undone.
The stone was never you
only the shape love needed to get through.
I will not leave you smooth or tame,
but alive with chaos and with name.
Heart wide open to the bite
of joy, of terror, of delight.
Lay down the file, the shield, the fight.
The sculptor’s work is finished here.
Now begins the sculptor’s light.
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