I QUIT all in halls still duskened,
But why do I come apart only to have others anointed?
I was soft in a granite-turned world that's COLD and HARD,
Is being tender-spun forever fated to be banished?
I stood strong for OTHERS while concealing my breakage,
But who goes on to celebrate the ghosts at stifled calamities?
I gagged myself to KEEP up the guise,
Why does quietude hollow me with every concession?
I nourished their ROOTS while mine turned to embered dust,
Is love still sacrosanct when you’re the only one left to trust?
I arrived even with NO glimmering ember,
Do they witness the power it takes to stand and remember?
I bore their storms without even a MOOR,
Why must the healer ache with no voice to implore?
I stitched my WOUNDS where no gaze could trace,
But what remains of me when I give with a face that disappears?
I talk to mirrors, pleading them to GLANCE,
Is it a sin to long for someone who yearns for my return?
About the Creator
Komal
I write poems and stories that hit the feels.
When I’m not lost in my own plots, I’m either daydreaming about the next big idea or just winging life with a grin.
𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℙ𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒𝕟 𝕀𝕄ℙ𝔸ℂ𝕋
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The steps to losing a child
Step One: Lose a child. Not what anyone wants to happen and nothing you can do to change it, but you can go through steps to becoming happy again. You can go through steps to loving again. You can go through steps to become a new you because after losing a child you will never be the same person you once were.
By Tabitha Hinkley6 days ago in Fiction
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Remember healers need self care the most. This was very sad, I can feel the pain through every word.
Do they witness the power it takes to stand and remember? So much meaning in a single line and there were so many more in this piece. Wow just powerful Komal
This is such a moving piece. Thank you for sharing this.
Wonderful, Komal <3
A heart call for gentle and kind hands to hold ❤️
This is so raw and beautiful—feels like the heart speaking out after staying quiet for too long.
Hi, Komal! You Using a VPN to do all the uploads? 'cause it shows 'Vocal is banned in your country' to me... I'm rn using VPN...
Wow, this is so "ouch" relatable. A stoic stance gives the illusion of a measure of invincibility. ❤️😊💫☀️✨
Heartbreaking and beautiful
Very beautiful plea for companionship that is not with conditions.
Komal, I don't know where to begin to tell you how great you are and how much I loved this poem.💛 My friend, you are a writer—an absolute amazing one. This poem is heart-hitter, and there are so many lines (all of them!) which I want to quote and say how much depth is within. ✨ But I'll spare you the essay 😂 Just know this is another banger of a poem!
This is heartbreaking, but beautiful.
This hit deep. So raw and quietly powerful ,every line felt like a truth we’re not supposed to say out loud. I had a really great time reading this
Teary eyed. What depth in those lines. Fabulous @Komal
Your tale of a wounded healer is beautiful...sad yes but very nicely written 🙂