vulnerability
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The funny manalways knows too much. That is whyhe keeps laughing. He has seenwhat people becomewhen nobody is watching. He knowsinstitutions have teeth. He knowspower rarely admitswhen it is hungry. So he makes jokesabout conspiracies,government files,aliens,politicians, anythingto keep the room laughinglong enoughthat nobody notices how tired his eyes are. Some men wear armor. Some carry…
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Do you always turnpersonal questionsinto jokes? Only when the truthhas teeth. Only when your handsget too closeto the locked drawerbehind my ribs. I learned youngthat laughtercan change the subjectbefore anyone noticesyou are bleeding. So I became funny. Quick enoughto make you laughbefore you could askwhy I flinched. Sharp enoughto turn concernback on itself. You ask…
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A new connection arrives quietly enough to feel safe and suddenly has her smiling at a screen like she forgot she still could.
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The ocean never apologizes for its tides, and neither should a heart be ashamed for loving deeply.
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She gave more than effort; she emptied whole rooms of herself into a dream that eventually became a place she had to leave.
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Some feelings live between grief, longing, relief, and fear—too complicated for one word and too real to ignore.
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After sunset, the brave face comes off and loneliness settles beside the cold cup, asking to be felt instead of outrun.
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She no longer wants a love that consumes her—only one that helps her return to herself.
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She does not need saving—only someone who can see the tired eyes, old wounds, and chaos without asking her to become smaller.
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It may not be love yet, but something keeps tilting her world toward one person with unmistakable gravity.
Between Bruises & Blooms 