Unapologetic

She reached for warmth in brittle air,  A touch, a breath, no solace there,  Just echoes threading through her spine,  The frost of silence misaligned. Her nerves, those weary phantom strings,  Forgotten songs the cold still sings.  She clung to light that wouldn’t stay,  A ghost of dawn, a night’s decay. I see her pain in shadows cast,  A love too slow, a wound too fast.  Yet through the numb, I feel her fight,  A soul still trembling toward the light. For every tear that fell unseen,  A ribbon tied to might-have-been.  And though the thaw may take its time,  Her name will pulse in every rhyme

Inside Out Inspired by Ren’s “Hi Ren” ME Hello again, you slithering shade, Back from the void where monsters are made. I locked the door. I burned the key. But here you are, still haunting me. SHADOW Aww, did you miss me, tender friend? Thought this sad song met its end? You strummed some chords, you took a bow But look who’s crawling back here now. ME You’re not my truth. You’re just the fear, That chews my joy and whispers near. You’re every echo of my doubt, But I’m still standing — inside out. SHADOW Oh please. You love the taste of ache, The weight, the throb, the slow heartbreak. Without me, who would write your pain? Your fame is built on my disdain. ME I bled in ink, but I chose the pen. I walked through hell and back again. You puppeteer, you parasite I see you now in full daylight. SHADOW And still you slip, and still you crave, The comfort of a velvet grave. You dress me up in metaphor, But I’m the crack beneath your floor. ME Maybe so. But cracks let light in, And ...