Decades of experience whispering into ink,
ready for the tip of your emotions to dip.
A fountain pen, extension of all your soul knows,
sprawling in cursive across the paperbark scroll.
Watermarks from an artist’s tears fall
between silent inhales of half-remembered call.
Sign your work, give it a title,
never writing for applause or poetic recital.
Authors write to turn the bitter to the sweet,
hoping rhyme and imagery can darkness cheat.
A world so rich you get lost in the chapter,
willing the ugly toward a beautiful ever-after.
About the Creator
Tabitha Galluccio
Writing to survive the intensity and nuance of life in my twenties — the bitter alongside the sweet. A chronic pain and mental health warrior, I write to offer insight into the darker moments that allow the light to be oh so bright.
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