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Her Hair, a RiverThey say her hair is a rivernot one you see on maps,but one that remembersbefore names were given.It fl...
06/19/2026

Her Hair, a River

They say her hair is a river
not one you see on maps,
but one that remembers
before names were given.

It flows in silence,
dark as the deep earth after rain,
carrying stories in every strand
whispers of wind,
echoes of ancestors.

When it falls around her shoulders,
it is not weight, but water
moving, breathing, alive
a current that does not forget
where it began.

The elders would say:
“Do not cut the river
unless you are ready
to release a piece of your spirit.”
For in its length lives memory,
and in its movement, prayer.

She sits, still as dawn,
and the river rests with her
not rushing, not lost
only listening.

And if you come close,
you may hear it
the quiet song beneath all things,
flowing through her,
flowing through the land
reminding the world
that some rivers
are meant to be carried,
not crossed.

🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn

“Where Strength Learns the Shape of Softness”In the old remembering of the earth,where rivers speak without names,there ...
06/19/2026

“Where Strength Learns the Shape of Softness”

In the old remembering of the earth,
where rivers speak without names,
there is a teaching
carried by wind and bone:
strength is not always loud.

It is the mountain
that does not move when storms forget themselves,
yet holds moss gently in its silence.

It is the river
that cuts through stone,
not by anger,
but by endless patience
that looks like grace.

And there is softness
not weakness,
but another form of courage.

The way a feather refuses to fight the sky,
yet still arrives where it must.

The way a mother deer
steps between hunger and her young,
not with roar,
but with a heartbeat
that says: I am here.

So the people who listen to the land
know this truth:
the world is held together
by things that do not compete.

By hands that protect without claiming.
By eyes that see without taking.
By hearts that bend
without breaking their light.

And when strength meets gentleness,
they do not become opposites
they become one path
walking quietly through the same dawn.

This is how the earth remembers us:
not as force alone,
not as tenderness alone,
but as the moment
they learned to breathe
inside each other.

🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn

“Walk With Me Through the Seasons”Walk with me,not as two separate footsteps,but as one path remembering itself.Through ...
06/19/2026

“Walk With Me Through the Seasons”

Walk with me,
not as two separate footsteps,
but as one path remembering itself.

Through spring,
where the earth opens like a gentle breath,
and every blossom is a promise
we did not yet know how to name.

Through summer,
where light rests on our shoulders like a blessing,
and even silence feels alive
with the hum of endless becoming.

Through autumn,
where leaves fall like softened memories,
teaching us that letting go
is another form of belonging.

Through winter,
where the world speaks in quiet white,
and love becomes the fire
we carry inside our bones.

If the wind grows strong,
we will not turn away
we will lean into it together,
like the land leaning into its own ancient songs.

And if the road forgets its shape,
we will remember by heart,
by breath,
by the quiet rhythm of shared steps.

So walk with me
through bloom, through blaze, through frost, through rain
until the seasons no longer feel like time,
but like us.

🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn

“Songs of Winged Spirits”They do not walkthey arrive like breath between worlds,light stitched into feathersthat remembe...
06/18/2026

“Songs of Winged Spirits”

They do not walk
they arrive like breath between worlds,
light stitched into feathers
that remember the sky’s first song.

She stands still,
as if the earth itself is listening
through her silence.

A bird rests upon her hand
not captive, not tamed,
but choosing her warmth
like memory choosing a home.

Another circles behind her thoughts,
a shadow made of freedom,
a whisper that says:
nothing pure is ever owned.

In their presence,
she becomes neither hunter nor hunted,
but something older
a story the wind has kept alive
across unnamed generations.

The deer watches nearby,
gentle as forgiveness,
as if the forest has learned
to trust her heartbeat.

And she understands then:
all living things are only passing through each other,
borrowing moments of peace
before returning to the great unknown.

So she breathes softly,
not to disturb the world,
but to become part of its remembering
a woman,
a bird,
a beginning without end.

🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn

“The Tree That Held Her”She leaned into the quiet of bark and branch,where the world forgot to rush,and even sorrow lear...
06/18/2026

“The Tree That Held Her”

She leaned into the quiet of bark and branch,
where the world forgot to rush,
and even sorrow learned to breathe slowly.

The tree did not speak,
yet it knew her name
in the language of wind and sap.

It wrapped its shadow around her shoulders,
not as a cage,
but as an old promise
kept through seasons and storms.

Here, she was not alone
only held,
like river water held by stone,
like memory held by earth
that refuses to forget.

The leaves above her
whispered stories of those before,
women who stood still
and still became strong.

And she listened,
not with ears,
but with something deeper
the place where roots and heart
become the same thing.

So she stayed a moment longer,
not to hide from the world,
but to remember:
even softness can be protected,
even silence can be home.

🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn

Butterfly WithinShe walked from the silent cocoon,woven by nights of sorrow and prayer,her skin still carries the thread...
06/18/2026

Butterfly Within

She walked from the silent cocoon,
woven by nights of sorrow and prayer,
her skin still carries the threads
of dreams too heavy to name.

Wings bloom upon her spirit,
painted by sun and starlight,
every beat is an ancestor’s song,
every color a memory reborn.

She is woman, she is butterfly,
earth and sky flowing as one,
her breath holds the forest’s hymn,
her heart the river’s freedom.

Even now, the butterfly lingers,
a soul within her soul,
reminding her she was never bound
she has always been free.

🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn

A Piece of That SkyLittle one,your wings are the color of my childhoodamber fields,sunset hills,and the bright sky that ...
06/17/2026

A Piece of That Sky

Little one,
your wings are the color of my childhood
amber fields,
sunset hills,
and the bright sky that never seemed to end.

I remember that land.
The rivers sang without walls,
the grass bent only for the wind,
and we danced in circles
until our shadows became part of the earth.

Here, the air is quiet,
heavy with roads and fences.
But you
you still carry the breath of open plains,
the taste of rain before it falls.

Tell me, when you fly,
do you pass the cedar trees?
Do you hear the drum of the river stones?
Does the wind still speak our names
as it once did,
when we were as free
as your flight?

Go, little one
and when you return,
bring me a piece of that sky
so I may remember
how it feels to belong to the wind.

🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn

Feather SongThe wind came to her like an old friend,its breath warm with storiescarried over mountains and rivers.She cl...
06/17/2026

Feather Song

The wind came to her like an old friend,
its breath warm with stories
carried over mountains and rivers.
She closed her eyes,
listening with her soul,
not her ears.

The hummingbird hovered near,
its wings a prayer in motion,
offering the taste of flowers
and the memory of sunlight.

In that moment,
she was not separate from the earth,
nor the sky
but the heartbeat between them,
the bridge of spirit and breath,
where woman and nature
are the same song.

🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn

Whisper of WingsYou stood still,white as forgotten snow,bearing the silenceof stolen lands.Your eyes deep wells where ri...
06/17/2026

Whisper of Wings

You stood still,
white as forgotten snow,
bearing the silence
of stolen lands.

Your eyes
deep wells where rivers once sang,
now hold dust,
and the ache of vanished songs.

Then came the butterfly.
Not in force,
not in flame,
but in softness no sword could cut.

It landed on your sorrow,
not to fix,
but to remind you:
you are still part of the sky.

Where hooves once thundered,
there is hush
but even hush
belongs to the sacred.

And so, the butterfly stayed,
whispering with every wingbeat:
you were never forgotten.
you are still home.

🎨 Art by Serin Alar
🖊️Poem: Piahn

Spirit of the Dying SunIt stands -  unmoving,like a spell pressed into the earth.Antlers stretch like ancient branches,c...
06/16/2026

Spirit of the Dying Sun

It stands - unmoving,
like a spell pressed into the earth.
Antlers stretch like ancient branches,
cradling the burning sun behind.

Not a deer
but the memory of forests,
the whispered prayer of ancestors,
the heartbeat of stone.

That red glow
not just sunset,
but a wound from a thousand years,
a fire from a dream that never died.

Its eyes
not looking at us,
but through us,
toward the spirits still walking
in the wind of forgotten seasons.
🎨 Art by Serin Alar

🖊️Poem: Piahn

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