Poem: Life

You learn the sound of your own footstepsas company on empty streets,the way your shadow stretches longerwhen no one else repeats your beat. Meals become small negotiationsbetween hunger and the will to try,and quiet rooms stop feeling silent—they start to feel like asking why. There’s no chorus to your mornings,no witness to your private wars,just … Continue reading Poem: Life

Poem: People

There’s a kind of sight that isn’t learnedfrom brightness or from perfect days,but from looking long enoughat ordinary, tangled ways. It notices the softer signalshiding in what others miss—the pause before a sharp reply,the quiet behind a dismiss. It sees the tired trying harder,the guarded heart still choosing stay,the imperfect hands still reachingeven when they … Continue reading Poem: People

Poem: Can’t take this Pain

There is a language the body speaksthat has no words,only pulses—sharp, dull, burning,a drumbeat you never asked to hear. It echoes through bone and breath,turns minutes into mountains,asks you to climb them barefootwith no summit in sight. And still—somewhere beneath the ache,your heart keeps a quieter rhythm.Not louder, not stronger,but stubborn. It says: stay. Stay … Continue reading Poem: Can’t take this Pain

Poem: Small Miracles

Not all arrivals shout their name—Some bloom unnoticed, slight and brief:A blade of grass, a yellow flame,A trembling bud, a newborn leaf. But lean in close, and you will findA quiet brilliance taking place—Spring writes its wonders, line by line,In every overlooked space. Thank-you for reading. Brnda Marie