THEM

Butterfly garden sounds that soothe. 

Isn’t your world but theirs.

Shrapnel etched into the heart’s soft center. 

Isn’t your world but theirs.

From arrival to the vanishing of familiar faces, 

Isn’t your world but theirs.

An ideal path tethered to a bright future . 

Isn’t your world but theirs.

Secrets in plain sight—body, gesture, silence. 

Isn’t your world but theirs.

Stories told, the ones you can’t unhear. 

Isn’t your world but theirs.

The version of you they curated for display.

Isn’t your world but theirs.

‘The good one,’ from gentle expectations. 

Isn’t your world but theirs.

The guilt that haunts for choosing self. 

Isn’t your world but theirs.

One sweet rebellion—

The permission to decide what reaches you.

That…

Is your world, not theirs.