Fantasies of my mind: I am wounded, but I am still here

She does not scream. She does not collapse. She stands still, even while her chest is open, even while her heart is exposed and cracked. That silence is powerful. It reminds me that most pain is not loud , it is carried quietly by people who wake up every day and keep going anyway.

The flowers growing from her wounds are evidence. Evidence that suffering does not always kill what it touches. Sometimes it changes it. Sometimes it forces life to grow in places where it was never meant to survive.

Her eyes are hidden, as if she cannot look directly at what has happened to her, and yet, she allows it to exist... Many innocent people today carry pain they did not choose, pain caused by violence, loss, injustice, or cruelty they never deserved. And still, they try. Still, something inside them insists on blooming.

The flowers are fragile. They could be crushed. And yet, they grow anyway. Just like people do. Just like me and you.

Physical piece. Ink on paper

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