
At times,
in the moment I am found,
I vanish.
And when I wander,
I stumble upon myself again.
There are days
I rise from ruins—
blooming in the cracks.
And days
my blossoms tremble,
and shatter from within.
At times,
in the moment I am found,
I vanish.
And when I wander,
I stumble upon myself again.
There are days
I rise from ruins—
blooming in the cracks.
And days
my blossoms tremble,
and shatter from within.
When I step into the light,
shadows embrace me.
And in the dark,
a sudden clarity reveals who I am.
Joy arrives—
and I fall into sorrow.
But in the heart of grief,
a soft joy stirs,
like a whisper in the silence.
I glow,
only to dim—
turning into the moon.
I dim,
only to burn—
becoming the sun.
Sometimes,
I am a wasteland—
dry, fierce, and wild.
Sometimes,
I am a forest—
green, generous, and alive.
This is me.
At times—
only sometimes—
as I begin to rest,
a storm rises within.
And when I roar,
I return to calm—
a wave so gentle,
it forgets it was ever a sea.
About the Creator
Nicole Moore
Dedicated to the one whose fiercest foe and truest friend is herself
she who bears the soul’s weariness yet walks life’s rugged path,
hoping for cherry blossoms, flying geese, or stork nests.




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