I am a quiet, light forest of bones,
roots twisting through the soil of myself,
petals pressing against the ribs of night,
aching toward some sun I cannot name.
I fracture like stone warmed by the sun,
my edges scattering, dissolving,
and from the fissures, green rises
tender, relentless, impossible to deny.
Growth hums in the hollow of my chest,
a pulse I cannot ignore,
the trembling green of new leaves
sprouting from yesterday's ash.
I bloom in the fractures,
drink the rain that fell on my silence,
and in every breaking,
a small miracle unfolds,
a leaf, a voice, a heartbeat
that refuses to be contained.
I am both fragile and infinite,
a garden of storms and sunlight,
remembering that even the shattered
can root, can rise, can bloom again.