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flying

the winged creature
does not falter
it coasts effortlessly
on raging winds
we did not see
it tear apart its body
rip open its skin
to finally be born

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I wrote this poem a long time ago about how important it is to remember that we have deep wells of strength in us and that behind every person is a history of challenges we don't know about.

Especially with social media, we can see an image of someone and if we don't like it or think it's too polished, it's so easy to assume we know that person's depth.

But people are mysterious and resilient and we all have pretty incredible stories behind us.

Hope you're enjoying your day!

xo
Ciel

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This is so true, Ciel <3 What a gorgeous poem, and one that really resonates with me, to be honest!

I've had some people thought that all I do is 'simple sketches' without really understanding that it has taken me years to understand the foundations of art to be able to draw straight onto a piece of paper with an ink pen. Understanding anatomy, perspectives, movements, framing, composition, lighting, shading, poses, .... these things take years and years to cultivate, but ............ all they see is someone drawing a picture with relative 'ease' .... and they think it doesn't take effort.....

The years of cultivating the basics up to a level where it has become relatively manageable to draw naturally is unseen.

A lot of those years are spent demoralized, discouraged, struggling. But they had happened. They had broken a person, and the person had mended, and continued on. And they look resilient and flying, as if gliding through the sky, untouched, but really, they had gone through a lot................ to be born.

Beautiful poem <3 I really love it, very very much <3

Aww, thank you so much.

Your work is lovely and I can only imagine how much time and perserverance it took to get to where you are. You've accomplished a lot in your craft.

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