i set my house
on fire
on purpose.
finally,
coming to realize
none of this
stuff
is worth it.
the heat
burns
but
i welcome
the rage.
let it
cleanse.
healing magic.
righteous power.
the ash of my bones
will greet the responders.
they will cry for me,
but the butterfly
i send
will whisper
to them
i'm free.
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Mae Flowers
Weaver of words into poetry and short fiction. Fan of the Oxford comma.
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Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH5 days ago in Critique
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Such a sense of liberation and defiance from this.
Gosh, this was relatable, liberating and powerful! Loved it so much!
Weightless prose in the best way, Mae!
sport my page
nice