Tag: resilience
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A Decision with No Last Name: A Poetic Inquiry into Growth by Choosing Otherwise #poetry
A poetic excavation of a single decision that splintered the mundane and cracked open the soul. In this surreal and emotionally rich piece, I (and perhaps you, too) confront the moment of choosing otherwise — and learn that growth is not linear, not kind, not clean… but inevitable.
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Driftwood Echoes #poetry #BlogchatterA2Z
The echoes linger. The silence persists. And yet, the heart beats on—scarred, but wiser. A story concludes not with forgetting, but with the grace of remembering, and the courage to begin again.
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Viscous Gel & Pixelated Ghosts: A Pandemic Adaptation #poetry
The air, once a lung-filling expanse, now curdled, a viscous gel clinging to the edges of breath. Did you notice the shift? The subtle molecular rearrangement of fear? I did. My skin, a porous membrane, registered the change first. A prickling unease, like phantom static from a disconnected world.” (Alternatively, a more fragmented excerpt): “Screen…
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Kintsugi: The Art of Loving, Living, and Mending Through Time #poetry
We are not what we were before the breaking. Love, life, and time have cracked us, reshaped us, but in every fracture, there is gold. This is the art of Kintsugi—of mending without erasure, of honoring scars, of finding beauty in what was once broken. A poetic journey through then, now, you, me, our relationship,…
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The Unraveling of Bliss: A Symphony of Disarray #poetry #potd
You said inner peace is a state of bliss. I believed you. I swallowed your words like honey, expecting sweetness forever. But life is not a lake without ripples, nor a world free of storms. I have learned to dance with the chaos, to let go of what I cannot hold. And now, I ask—where…
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The Years That Ask, The Years That Answer #W3Prompt
There are years that press their questions into your skin like ink, and years that peel them away, leaving behind the answers you never knew you held.
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Fracture Hymn: The Beauty of Breaking and Healing #W3Prompt
Broke once. Broke twice. Screamed into the hollow of myself, but the echoes stitched me back.
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Strength in Stillness: A Tanka on Resilience #W3Prompt
Strength isn’t always loud. Sometimes, it’s a quiet pulse, hidden in the shadows, waiting to rise. This tanka reflects on the resilience that grows softly within us, steady and enduring.

