Martyrs Make Flowers Yussra MT Ebrahim 1/28/2024 maybe I had forgotten that spring was a thing it feels somehow like it's always been winter in this world thirty times I've seen the seasons change dying, reviving they always rearrange so to now forget is pretty strange survivor's guilt is a heavy quilt that weaves together the left behind all they had built like leaves that wilt lives in my heart it's on my mind the sky is brown the ground is white and feeling down is only right but as I carved my car from snow I saw a flash of red above a cardinal to thaw my heart and let me know with love that spring is a thing and the light it will bring and the songs it will sing are guaranteed ice melts and villains die and martyrs make flowers they go on beyond my sight as we bear winter's final hours
There is a sadness in us so deep it could fill all the world’s oceans A hungry desperation that creeps through us Never presenting itself but always waiting like a deadly coiled snake There is a soft madness that crawls into our brains but we will never vocalize it, nor give it a name We fear it only resides within ourselves but it is in all of us Through sharing, we must set it free or it will destroy what’s left of our humanity Tonight I got lost inside the rain Sailed through a cascading prism Into another day We want only what we can possess And we possess all that we control But what we cannot possess Possesses us And feeds upon our soul Everything I desire always goes away maybe it’s because I want it that it turns out that way If I didn’t need it it would probably stay but then I wouldn’t care anyway I keep trying to hold on to things that I know will never last Hoping one day the present will turn into the past The future is but an answer to the questions that we
Don’t Give Up By J.C. Solis When the world surrounds And pain is abound And nothing seems to ever go right Just know When the pain you feel Starts to make you keel And the darkness blocks your sight Just remember There is still joy left to give So long as you still live Your heart and your mind will rise Just cling to Hope For this is not the end Unlike the vibes these thoughts send It’s not too late to rebuke these lies You’re not weak For do not give in And surrender to din Just know that there’s light Don’t Give Up The depression mounts And it hurts deep inside To forlornness you abide You want to surrender But know that the world Is not so cut and curled And there’s still tomorrow To find your peace of mind Just know these three words From all over it’s heard And it’s grace will always be kind Don’t Give Up…