07/15/2026
The Hidden Stories 💗
The Hidden Stories
Everyone carries something unseen
a winter beneath the ribs,
a name they no longer speak,
a silence shaped like loss.
Some smile beside the fire
while their hearts wander alone.
Some laugh beneath the daylight,
then speak softly to the moon.
The old trees understand this.
Their bark holds every storm,
yet each spring they offer leaves
without asking who remembers.
The river also knows sorrow.
It carries broken branches onward,
never ashamed of its trembling,
never refusing the wounded shore.
So be gentle with each spirit.
You do not know which memory
still follows behind their footsteps,
or which prayer keeps them standing.
We are all sacred stories,
still being spoken by the earth
each carrying grief and beauty,
each searching for the way home.
🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn