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The Sculptor of Fractured Harmony

A tale of unconventional fatherhood

By Taylor WardPublished about a year ago 1 min read
The rock in the river

In the tangled forest of youth and duty, he arrived,

A fledgling in the storm’s relentless embrace,

Trying to nestle into the crevices of a fractured family,

His heart a sculptor’s chisel, carving shapes from chaos.

Death, the cold arbiter of dreams, claimed one of the tender shoots,

Its shadow fell long and heavy, darkening the garden he sought to tend.

Rebellion sprouted like wild thorns in the underbrush,

Its prickling thorns a constant trial, a test of his resolve.

He bore the weight of a marriage strained by the clashing of tides,

A wife who, in her solitude, used him as a bridge across her storm,

Yet he, a vessel of unspoken vows, reached across the tempest,

His love a lantern casting dim light through the fog of disillusion.

With the birth of a new child, the alchemy of hope stirred,

A cosmic alignment, a celestial recalibration,

It wove a bridge of fragile stardust between him and the estranged,

Their fractured bond slowly mending under the tender embrace of fatherhood.

In this crucible of existence, where shadows waltzed with dawn,

His life unraveled and rewove itself in patterns of azure and gray,

A symphony of twisted fate and resilience played upon the strings of his being,

Each note a testament to endurance amidst the ever-shifting hues.

The landscape of his soul, once arid and scorched,

Now bore the gentle hues of healing rain and tempered light,

A palette rich with the textures of his struggles and triumphs,

An evolving masterpiece of perseverance and fragile joy.

He did not foresee the labyrinth of pain and perseverance

That life had etched into the tapestry of his days,

Yet in this uncharted journey, amidst the winding trails and hidden thorns,

He finds purpose in the soft, renewed harmony of a child once lost.

The road ahead, an expanse of uncharted terrain and untold stories,

Is lined with the vibrant possibilities of untried tomorrows,

His heart, an ever-expanding canvas, awaits the brushstrokes of days yet to come,

In the boundless endeavor of love and the unyielding quest for grace.

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About the Creator

Taylor Ward

From a small town, I find joy and grace in my trauma and difficulties. My life, shaped by loss and adversity, fuels my creativity. Each piece written over period in my life, one unlike the last. These words sometimes my only emotion.

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