Madam Butterfly

Tomorrow is another day…
Even if no one cares, I care enough to carry on.
That’s all I can do.

;

#onwards #hope

I wonder if I should even continue posting on this account. I wonder if it’s even worth it. It’s not like I’m making a difference here…

My own life is filled with disappointments and broken dreams. Why should I carry on alone? Why bother?

No one cares… no one cares at all.

#depression

PSA: Check on the people you care about. They may not be feeling okay and just need to know that someone cares.

Sincerely,
This stranger who’s not feeling okay today

#drowning #alone #isolated #screamingintothevoid

The sky is shrouded tonight

No silver sheen of the moon
No canvas of twinkling stars
Just clouds without rain

But just because I can’t see them
Doesn’t mean they aren’t there

#poem #cheritas #hazy #hope

Ooh, both sound like interesting options - I’ll experiment with both for next month and see what works best. Thanks! 🙌🏻❤️🥧

Hey #BakingSky, I have a question!

Can Rooh-Afza be infused into apple pie - and if so, how?

#baking #pie #roohafza #rosesyrup #apples

Sometimes I stop to think and wonder
If we’re all just tiny white stars
Spread out across the night sky
Who can see all other
Stars shining brightly
Except our own
Yet we do
In fact
Shine

#poetry #nonet #self-worth

When the raindrops start to sing
On a breezy autumn day
I enjoy the peace they bring
When the raindrops start to sing
The last birds hum along a string
Though the skies above are gray
When the raindrops start to sing
On a breezy autumn day

#poetry #triolet #autumn #rain

If I had a thousand and one lives
To spend with a single person,
I would spend it all with you
And yet still feel that it’s
Simply not enough
Time to love you
Completely
As you
Are.

#poetry #nonet #love #time #mrrabbit #jlh

Sweet relief
Washes over me
Like a wave on hot sand
As my mind turns still
To hear the angels sing

#poetry #naani #25syllables #meditation #selfhealing

Picking off demons
One by one inside my head
But they multiply

#poetry #haiku #anxiety #sensoryoverload

I watch the rain fall
Against burning golden leaves
And my heart shivers
In the absence of sunshine
And the warmth of his green eyes

#poetry #tanka #autumn #fall #mrrabbit

Thanks! 😁🫂❤️

I grew up reading all sorts of fiction, from romance and classic lit to sci-fi/fantasy. Now I’m diving more into self-help stuff and a host of non-fiction how-to’s for my research as an aspiring writer. I simply can’t imagine a world without books. Knowledge truly is power. 🙌🏻

A stack of books with a cat sitting on top and the message “Ban Bigotry Not Books”.

In a world that loves to shout,
Reading is rebellion
Against bullies sowing doubt
In a world that loves to shout,
And against certain “devout”
Bigots in vermilion.
In a world that loves to shout,
Reading is rebellion.

#poetry #triolet #antifascism #rebellion #reading #education #books

I’ve seen with my eyes
A team of angels on Earth
Hope is now renewed

#poetry #haiku #blessing #empaths #faith #humanity

In a noisy world
It is a rare privilege
To sit in silence

#poetry #haiku #meditation #innercalm

For anyone who needs to hear this:

When Juliet said “Wherefore art thou, Romeo?”, she meant “Why must you be Romeo (a Montague)?” She wasn’t asking for his location.

P.S. It was NOT a love story, either. Romeo was just a horny idiot. (Poor Juliet.)

#Shakespeare #SettingTheRecordStraight

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They scream fake news. They smear the press & “flood the zone” with noise until truth drowns in confusion.
That’s not just chaos, it’s control. Speaking out is the antidote. Every act of truth-telling matters. When they want silence & compliance, making noise is taking back power.
#authoritarianism

Scorching summer nights
And fiery fever dreams
Set the world ablaze

#poetry #haiku #ionlywrotethisbecauseifeeltoohotlol

I woke up at dawn today
Just before the sun

And spent some time
Laughing with my mom
As we drove around

And I felt like 10 again

#poem #cheritas #mom

No problem, I’m glad to help a fellow writer/poet! Have fun writing! 😄🫂❤️🙌🏻

No worries, that’s perfectly fine! 😊✌🏻 I’ve been experimenting myself on which poetry styles would fit best in a single post - so far, I’ve got these to recommend:

Haiku
Tanka
Katauta
Naani
Cherita
Nonet
Triolet

Hello Mr. Ray!
Came to ask: have you ever
Heard of a tanka?
It allows you two more lines,
So that you can express more!

😁🙌🏻❤️

As humans, we are so short-sighted,
Fighting and killing each other
Over our differences -
All insignificant,
When faced with the vast
Expanse of the
Universe.
We’re just
Ants.

#poetry #nonet #life #war #pacifism

What does happiness mean to me now?
Could it be a relationship?
Or perhaps a new puppy?
Maybe it’s none of that…
Right now, happiness
Is a spoon of
Nutella
And a
Book.

#poetry #nonet #happiness #simplicity