a flurry of grief
quelled by the apricity
of the winter heart
.
.
.
The prompt was "apricity"
by @anotherhumanstory on Threads

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ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ABSENCE
—where the forgotten version breathes again
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THE HOUSE I BECAME
—furnished in silence, rewired in verse

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PHOENIX IN MY THROAT —after Sylvia Plath

Haunted by Sylvia Plath’s ghost ,but writing of my own transformation.
Ash became alphabet. Flame became language. Silence became survival.

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AT THE EDGE OF DIM SKIES
—where longing trades its shadow for breath

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THE UNTOUCHED GOODBYE — after Edgar Allan Poe

Not being able to touch or see them one last time remains the deepest wound.
The truest death is no goodbyes.

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THE LAST REPRIMAND — after Christina Rossetti

From childhood scolding to grown silence, from temple bells to inner strength — I carry memory, not pride, only humility.

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LEGACY

✨ Thank you for this soulful prompt Luana #anotherhumanstory that let us time-travel to golden corridors of memory—where our younger selves, long forgotten in a fast world, finally felt seen, heard and held again. With heart. — Dev.

THE RACE OF BONES— after Federico Garcia Lorca

Life as a race — no victor, no end.
Only hoofbeats, dust and silence.

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THE SILENCE SHE LEFT —an elegy in Dickinson’s hush

“Her Silence cures me still — though she is not"

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