Glasswing

She flutters on silence,
a creature stitched from light and ache--
too fragile to stay,
too fierce to fall.
He never saw the cracks
until she flew through them.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Bordner Avatar
May 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
To not be owned, or defined by your vulnerabilities, or even by damage from one's Past is a message I read into this charming piece. To be better, truer, than people's expectations of who you are, or how you will or should react etcetera...J.A.B.
Leach Avatar
May 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Justin, you saw right through to the heart of her--thank you. There’s such strength in being underestimated, in rewriting the expectations others try to cage you with. I’m so glad that quiet defiance spoke to you.
Hind Avatar
May 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"He never saw the cracks until she flew through them." wow- now that's going to stay with me, beautiful <3
Leach Avatar
May 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I’m so touched that line stayed with you, Paige. That one came on quiet wings and landed hard. Thank you for feeling its flight--and for always seeing what others might miss.
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