ART
BY JESSA ORENSE
STRONG
You don’t have to build up walls to stay strong.
Linked through pain, through joy and through life.
Break them down.
No one is alone.
Open the door.
The chain is strong but delicate as well.
Strength lies in the open field.
Links can be broken and whither away.
It blooms next to vulnerability.
Until a single thread is left.
Delicate and naked.
Weak and faint, almost undetectable.
But a fairy’s wings don’t lift her up if covered and hidden But look far from the sky and see the big picture. away.
Every link, every thread makes a web.
Reach out toward the endless sea and find another like you. Links stretching far and wide keeps us together. An unbreakable chain to withstand the storm.
ILLUSTRATION BY JESSE ORENSE
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