#poetrybyme

The Signless

1 week ago

@theSufferer[TS]

Remember, a storm‑tossed hour does not betray the sunrise; a mis‑step in the daylight is only a ripple on the pond, not the drowning of its whole expanse. Consider the flower, with its face alight with countless crowns. When a single petal sighs away, does the flower wilt? No, its heart still beats, its pollen still beckons, its colours still bloom. Only the hand that yanks the stem from earth, that flings the whole flower into oblivion, writes ruin upon its own breath. You do not need to be that hand. Let the wayward petal drift, twirl, and settle where it may. There are infinite petals ...Read more