boundaries

  • The Cage

    They say the bird stopped singing.What they do not say is why it was ever quiet. Look closer.The loudest judgments never come from the sky. The birds who know how to fly do not mock a wing that is resting.They understand feathers heal.They understand hunger that sharpens, not starves.They understand why a flock sometimes thins.…

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  • Don’t Ask Alice-entry V

    (Headphones on-Neoni-Darkside) I keep thinking about how Starry Night was painted from inside an asylum. People talk about it like that explains everything, like darkness automatically makes something meaningful. Like losing yourself is the same thing as seeing clearly. That’s not what I notice. What I notice is the control. The repetition. The way every…

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  • (Headphones on- Villian -Neoni) There comes a moment when the healed version opens the door one last time and lets the demon speak. Not to reopen the wound, but to end the story honestly. This is that moment. They were not the victim.They were not the villain. Let me say that again, because it matters.…

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  • You don’t choose who knocks.You only choose whether you answer. People return to the lighthouse door for reasons that rarely match the surface.Some come back because the memory of the light stayed with them longer than expected.Some return because the steadiness once offered felt like the first solid ground in a long time.Some arrive hoping…

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  • The Law of Responsibility

    After the word was spoken, the universe answered back. It was not thunder. No choir. The reply arrived like dew on iron, quiet enough to miss if you rush, heavy enough to bend the grass when you finally look. The answer didn’t argue. It mirrored. And in that mirror I saw every shape my breath…

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  • I see you out there.Squinting into lives you don’t understand, like you’re peering through glass that only reflects your own face back at you.You think you’re watching a fall from grace.But you’re really just watching someone climb a mountain you’ve never had the courage to approach. You parade your opinions like a letterman jacket from…

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