Madness taught her to stop.

Now she writes in the margins:
“never trust the ones
who’ve never been lost.”
Then crosses it out.
Then writes it again.

The page is no longer a page.
It’s a mirror.
It’s a scar.

3/3

Deep in her throat,
a laugh half-chewed.
Clarity weighs
like her mother’s dress on Sundays.

Madness offers her nothing.
Just an empty bench
at the back of the yard
where silence grows.

She remembers being happy
without knowing.
Sanity was a bulletin board
with arrows in all directions.

2/3

Sees the veil tear
and nobody says anything.

Sanity closes the windows
afraid of the wind.
Madness opens cracks
wherever truth leaks out.

She presses the book against her chest.
And wonders—
softly—
if this is what living means.

2/2

#WilliamGolding
#LordOfTheFlies
#poetry

@titularheroine.bsky.social
🙏🙏 CJ. Heartfelt thanks for those heartfelt words

As if to say: "I bring life, even when the world smells of endings."

Sometimes I think nature is obstinate like an old monk — still offering beauty even after Earth locked the doors.

white stork on trash hill —
hope continues to tweet through plastic waste
#tictac won't let go

@cazzk.bsky.social
once again 🤗🙏🙏 Cazz. Heartfelt thanks for reposting

@cazzk.bsky.social
🙏🙏 Cazz. Heartfelt thanks for reposting

@pierpaolo.bsky.social ancora una volta 🤗🙏🙏 Pier Paolo. Grazie di cuore per aver ripubblicato 🙂

@pierpaolo.bsky.social once again 🤗🙏🙏 Pier Paolo. Heartfelt thanks for reposting

@pierpaolo.bsky.social I have appreciated the kind gesture 🙏🙏

@zaynab71990.bsky.social Heartfelt thanks for reposting 🙏🙏

@pippaesque.bsky.social deep sorries for these so late response Pippa. Heartfelt thanks for reposting 💛🙏🙏💛

@anagha.bsky.social
@jangoeswriting.bsky.social
I have appreciated the kind gesture Anagha and Jan

@marcialynnpaul.bsky.social
@jangoeswriting.bsky.social
I have appreciated the kind gesture Marcía and Jan 🙏

sussurro da lanterna —
inclino-me ao seu murmúrio
#excentricidade brilha

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#quirkiness #haibun #haikufeels

lantern’s soft whisper—
I bow to its gentle hum
#quirkiness glows

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