LIVIA'S BOOKLET

In the quiet corners of the night, Where shadows cradle broken cries, Voices echo, lost to fright, Tears unseen by hardened eyes. Each story buried beneath closed doors, Each sorrow counted in invisible scores. The streets remember what lips forget, Footsteps stained with silent screams. Promises of justice, fragile and wet, Drift like smoke through shattered dreams. Hands that should have held, have hurt, And hope lies fractured in dirt. A mother weeps for a daughter stolen, A father trembles at a son’s despair. The names of the missing are softly spoken, Carried on the wind, yet met with vacant stares. The world keeps turning, indifferent and blind, While violence etches itself in humankind. Yet in the heart of anguish, courage wakes, A whisper against the roaring storm. The fallen rise in the steps one takes, Seeking to reclaim what was deformed. Through banners, songs, and aching hands, The movement blooms across broken lands. Each tear is a seed in the soil of change, Each voice a...

In the depths of my unraveling, I'm tempted to surrender To the siren's whisper, a numbing, sweet thunder I'd trade the ache of awareness for the calm of the grave But the echoes of my heartbeat whisper, "You still crave". To breathe, to feel, to hurt, to rise, to fall The noose of my past tightens, a relentless, cruel call I'm suffocating under the weight of what I've done A prisoner of my memories, forever undone. The ghosts of my yesterday haunt me, a relentless crew Reminding me of the shards I've yet to glue I'm searching for a way out, a glimmer of light But the shadows they surround me, a perpetual night. In this darkness, I'm lost, a wanderer without a map The stars that once guided me, now just a distant trap I'm clingling to the fragments, the broken, shattered me Praying for a miracle, a chance to be set free. But what if the weight of my chains is what keeps me tied? What if the pain is the only thing that m...

As you weave the fragments of your heart back into place, May you breathe in grace with every step, and space To forgive the missteps, the wrong turns taken deep, And find the peace that's been waiting, the love you've kept asleep. May the weight of yesterday's shadows lift, and the light Of self-worth illuminate the paths you take tonight, May you unclench your fists from guilt's heavy chain, And let go of the whispers that said you're to blame. In the silence, may you hear the beat of your own heart, A rhythm that knows you're worthy, a brand new start, May you untangle the threads of shame and regret, And find the beauty in the lessons you've yet to forget. As you piece things back together, may your soul find rest, May the acceptance you've sought be the balm to your breast, May you rise, reborn, like the stars in the morning light, And shine with the knowledge that you are, and always will be, alright