Life has been kind to me, on most days anyway bestowed its finest lullabies in punctured stars carrying the flutter of a fairy’s broken wing like the rustle of leaves as the wind coaxes it to play its instrument and reach for the sun but in the unquiet wards of the local hospital it’s the incessant beeps of fading monitors the collective breath of struggle and torment a constant reminder of the brevity of existence and the lasting impact of a fractured heart.

It’s ok to pick up your brush and sweep darkness over your canvas because that is what you feel. #30in30 #poem #poetry @RedRoomPoetry

When offered the chance to be forgiven or forgotten, to be what others couldn’t be without you, don’t forget to always choose power and everything you ever wanted. #30in30 #poem #poetry @RedRoomPoetry

I believe that those hopelessly in love are doomed to destruction. Like candles coating the world in wax, burning questions slowly into the fabric between skin and fire until darkness devours you. #30in30 #poem #poetry @RedRoomPoetry

I want to nurture your voice in my arms, tell you you’ll be safe, that you have a right to be heard, rooted deep in the ground, busy planting seeds of life and hope — to pass on your story. #30in30 #poem #poetry @RedRoomPoetry

Humanity in the abyss — a noiseless wave gathers. How much did darkness make you bleed and suffer, force you to survive despite wanting to perish? I missed a lot of life, but maybe you’ll recover. Drowning beneath the waves, dying from thirst. At least, at last, you’ll be able to feel something. Know what it’s like wried, dried, and split and burst, as though the sound of constant war changes nothing, maybe you’ll finally realise the actions of your words.

Whenever I am with you, I discover something new. An unknown cold world that opens its mouth in peals of thunder and cries, “teach me how to sing”. As if I were some heavy-handed god and you were my unseeing prophet. #30in30 #poem #poetry @RedRoomPoetry