Inhale—

the room shrinks,

walls lean in,

thoughts crowd like shadows

under flickering light.

Hold—

a second too long,

heartbeat tapping panic

against the ribs.

Exhale—

let go

of the weight

you were never meant

to carry alone.

Repeat.

Until the breath

feels like yours again.

Inhale—

the room shrinks,

walls lean in,

thoughts crowd like shadows

under flickering light.

Hold—

a second too long,

hea...

The city floated, humming with the soft thrum of harvested dreams.

Rei knelt beneath the turbine’s spine, grease on her hands, fury in her chest. The wires pulsed with nightmares—hers. Every sleepless hour, every memory she’d locked away, now siphoned and weaponized to keep the elites above the clouds and everyone else beneath their boots.

“You’re running out of time,” croaked Vex, the crow perc...

A broken vow beneath the moon,

Left me breathless far too soon.

My lungs now sing in silent pain,

A whispered curse in acid rain.

You were the poison in my breath,

A gentle hand that wrote my death.

Still I inhale the fading light,

And dream of healing through the night....