Textes 2025

The single beat of a butterfly’s wings can create a tornado. As irrational as the literal butterfly effect sounds, ...

Can I really just keep waiting And watching as The world falls in love? I stand with my eyes wide open And my feet pl...

I think, and sometimes I don’t want to. A man stares blankly from across the street, longer than is polite, and I s...

If I lay down on this street And wait just long enough I may feel – The raindrops on my open palms Tiny droplet...

Une image vaut mille mots  Tous les jours depuis des semaines   Je me retrouve devant le même miroir   Dans la ...

Two years ago I went mad. That makes it sound like it was a voluntary act, so let me rephrase. Two years ago, I met y...

I have not been eating well, recently. I crave something. Something. But I do not know what it is. I crave human touc...

The Slow Unravelling The first time I knew — really knew — was at the dinner table. He was across from me, twirli...

I will find you in everything.   But that is not quite right. I will find you in everything Because I will look ...

The heat in the courtroom was thick, settling into the wood benches. The heat wrapped around the murmurs in the crowd...

Exiting from the coffee shop, the burnt orange, murky green and tired brown leaves crunch underfoot as she makes use ...

Dinging bicycle bells will always haunt us a little bit. At first, the small, innocent chimes seem harmless—comfort...

This isn’t a cry for help. It’s currently 1 AM. I think. I’m not really sure. I haven’t been sure of anything...

Aeri had sworn the sacred oaths beneath the spirit oak The day she became a Sower.   I: Nurture Every Soul. &nbs...

Grandma sleeps in her hospital bed. Her mind is gone, yet her body won’t follow, Despite pleading God to join the d...

Colors fade to dull, to dusk Darkness envelops my happiness, My sadness, my every feeling I try to live, a hollow hus...

Dear Grandma, I write to you Knowing you could never read this. Even so, I want you to know, Grandma, how I remember ...

Empty roads, empty words. The night is quiet, and so are you. We have been driving for so long—an odyssey, thousand...

She raced across the purple moors following the light It was close but yet so far Its weakening rays fought against t...

She is everywhere. Slipping between cracks in walls, ticking in the wooden clocks, weaving my secret late night dream...

At night the beach is a place like none other.    The usually turquoise, crystalline water now turned dark, bla...

O amor, essa força sublime e transformadora, não se impõe nem aprisiona. Ele é liberdade, permitindo-nos ser quem...

“Who you gonna call?” “Ghost BUSTERS!!!” screams Jenny gleefully as she moon-walks in front of her mirror whi...

What does it mean to be a victim? You can never tell, yet you’re scorned. You’re sad. You’re belittled by your ...

Dear mother, your bird in a cage wouldn’t grow… only age. Wrapping it in a veil wouldn’t keep it fr...

This is an extract from a longer work called ‘Rose Lungs’. This scene is where the murder-mystery abruptly unfold...

This memory takes me back to when I was six, living in Korea in my apartment on the first floor. It was a cold winter...

J’ai englouti des céréales, comme personne. C’était un matin comme les autres, et pourtant, tout avait changé...

Gender is a coffin Gender is a prison we throw children into for our own amusement, ostensibly to teach them how the...

I looked up to the sky Admiring my star I looked up to the sky Wondering if the horizon had ever been as beautiful Wi...

Der Bericht Endlich stehe ich hier auf diesem Boden in diesem Gebäude in meinem Zimmer in meiner Traumschule. Die Ox...

Les cendres de notre Terre Ma grand-mère m’a tout raconté sur toi. Elle disait que tu la rendais vivante. Ton air...

Dans la forêt des souvenirs Dans une forêt où les feuilles, aux teintes de citrouille, tapissent le sol, Je me sen...

I’m trapped I’m trapped I’m trapped I’m trapped I am – Trapped. It’s been the same rope for years But I c...

Ryan wiped the sweat off his brow and adjusted his grip on the baseball. The sun hung low in the sky, casting long sh...

Lilah shifted uneasily in the driver’s seat as she turned off the main highway onto the narrow, winding road. She w...

Social media By Akshita Dutta Roy social media, our world today, connects people from far. yet takes our loved ones a...

Hymn of the Sea The ocean, they say, sings of beauty profound, A whispering blue where all secrets are drowned. But n...

The cruel memory replays, their cries- Stop. Don’t let the pain reign- instead, go scroll. Everyone tries to mend t...

Books sit quietly gathering dust, Specks of light wandering, lost The door’s hinge covered by rust. Window brings a...

Darling, when I go Please don’t look for me In one of your ghosts Take what’s left of my soul And give it to the ...

Effortlessly losing our youth, people are dying. Media, spokespeople, and politicians lying. The world accelerates, y...

Welcome, make yourself at home. It is your home now after all.  We don’t get many visitors here, but the place...

Dans le lac cristallin, Je vois mon reflet. Mes mains effleurent sa surface. L’eau se trouble, Vagues formant des c...

Elle est là  Dans un coin de la scène  Tremblante, palpitante,  Un éclat d’étoile tombé sur ce bois de feu ...

Ich möchte Mauern zerschlagen   Demolieren, einreißen, zerstören  “Das brave Mädchen” wurde ich genannt  ...

Die Schatten der Wahrheit An einem sonnigen Nachmittag entspannte sich eine schöne Frau mit braunen, langen Locken n...

               I Have Left My Heart I have left my heart, I have left it in the sea, The waves telling ...

The war had threshed the land entire, From mountains to the sea. When Peace appeared, the people leapt To greet her r...

I was here before your first breath — before your hands carved mountains into monuments. I was the pulse beneath yo...

The wind was a strange, strange thing. It got stranger the more thought she put into it. It could be calming, as it e...

Quickly hiding under the safe blanket We, kids try to escape, the monsters under our bed Thinking they will attack us...

Prologue Heather cautiously tread between the tentacles of the lush undergrowth as not to give herself away. She had ...

oh, god-complex, how does one evade you, how do i dig for humanity within my own bones and seek mortality in my flesh...

Pelo vidro do carro, vejo as ruas estreitas do bairro onde cresci. Há anos que não passo por aqui, mas tudo parece ...

Chapter 1- The absent world   All of a sudden it just starts. My life, my childhood just started not knowing how...

The Whispering Forest On a warm summer morning, Alex began an adventure. The sun shone through the trees, and a light...

Deux roues Et deux âmes dans tes roues Le matin vers les toits illuminés Nous cheminons, Trois âmes en tout.  ...

Die verlorene Taschenuhr – Der Fall der Montgomery-Geschwister – „Nein, ich gehe nicht auf diesen langw...

Meu querido neto, Escrevo-te com o coração cheio de amor e esperança, desejando que estas palavras encontrem um es...

O vento frio do outono varria as ruas estreitas da aldeia, levantando as folhas secas e trazendo consigo um cheiro no...

I had wanted to leave for a while.     I wasn’t sure when, but I didn’t want to stay in the city anymo...

I would like to call myself a writer. Everything in my life feels much brighter when I put down what I’m feeling in...

In radiant hours to midnight minutes, I begged I pleaded with time, the giver of all, for a new start My hands mindle...

Tous les ans, une fête appelée le Walpurgis se déroule avec tant de magie que de nombreux touristes venaient s’i...

Chère Bridget Je suis assis sous un grand chêne, mon esprit tout entier envahi par des pensées qui ne tournent qu&...

I’d gladly speak if I knew what to say.  If I knew what to say, I would speak for hours.  I wouldn’t have to th...

Hamburg. Eine Hafenstadt wie jede andere: Sobald du aus dem Hafen oder der Altstadt ins Innere der Stadt gehst, wird ...

As I was walking down the street: Myself, all happy, proud and neat, Of course, chihuahua in my hands, I was on the m...

A: YES, my dog pisses RIGHT onto the floor!    I once was grabbing a coffee at some overpriced Limpertsberg pla...

Te voilà, petite tisseuse en robe de soie, petite fileuse des combles et des mansardes, petite danseuse des plafonds...

Le ciel sourit ce matin. Un sourire en coin de bouche. Timide. Ou effarouché. Un sourire un peu crispé, comme aband...

the princess dresses don’t fit like they used to anymore and you don’t think you’re worthy of a crown like you ...

I am more than a simple body. I am more than a young woman. I am more than a human being. I am more than a physical t...

Battlefield It was the kitchen knife piercing the skin for the very first time; It fitted like a moonlit silver ring ...

everyone has a favorite. a favorite teacher, a favorite friend, a favorite cousin, a favorite person. everyone has a ...

A girl I knew bought a sweater a couple of years ago. She was obsessed with it, she had this form of emotional attach...

Penned A boat in a harbour condemned by the knaves; Made to sail on the highest of the waves; Trapped and detained in...

It all started with this pernicious pain pounding in my veins; I could still smell the petrichor, after the storm of ...

Have you ever dreamed that you could just…..disappear? To just wake up one day and be in a place only you know of, ...

Where are you from Such a simple question Yet such a complex equation I come from so many places Each leaving their u...

The clock struck twelve. The midday sun filtered through the multicolored glass windows, casting fractured beams of l...

They don’t know it’s me. They’ll never suspect it’s me. I made sure of that. But I am tired of waitin...

As I woke up this morning, the pale and shy autumn sun rose throughout all of Rome, its rays filtered into my room, g...

Viele sprachen über den Tod. Über grausame Morde, schlimme Unfälle und alte Menschen, die im Schlaf ihren letzten ...

Ci sono dolori che non si possono raccontare, assenze che non si possono colmare, silenzi che urlano più di mille pa...

hold on you can try so hard to win a tug-of-war game, it doesn’t mean you’ll have enough strength to win. you can...

Déviation Un soir, après une dispute avec sa femme, Michel était monté dans sa modeste Toyota grise dans l’...

Die Gestalten laufen vom Band.   Ich will rennen, Mich von ihnen entbinden Will sie endlich bändigen Will dass ...

Les amours ne se baignent jamais deux fois dans les mêmes eaux Si ce n’est que les vagues les emportent pour s...

We’re our first house We’re our favorite teacher We’re our constant doubts and our most hated featu...

I tried calling Ophelia last night Have her whisper to me about love and madness About what it truly feels like to dr...

I think I should’ve written a poem yesterday about time passing – or May honestly I don’t really speak cloc...

each sigh that has ever escaped my mother’s lips has set off fires in our walls that roared my name I realized toda...

I am made of perceptions. I see the clouds, the trees, but most often people. I see them as they wish to be seen, but...

Não gosto desta sociedade. Agem como se estivesse tudo bem, mesmo estando à beira do colapso. Criam regras, limites...

Escuridão da noite que só se sente Durante o dia. Luz que escapa e esconde  O olhar negro do seus olhos. Escuridã...

    In the first of my lives, my lush, green colour was the gift of my chlorophylls, little cells pumping throu...

Die Stadt brannte, Menschen strömten heraus, doch ich fühlte kein Mitleid, nur Hass, Hass auf die Menschheit, die m...

I wish that I could create art like masters painting worlds apart— the kind that lingers in the mind, haunts your d...

I stand at the edge of the beach, where the waves curl lazily onto the shore, brushing against my feet before the san...

Wéi vill Auer ass et ?  Zäit iwwert Zäit ze schwätzen:  Eng Sekonn, ee Moment. Eng Minutt, 60 Momenter. Eng Sto...

i grew up loving people, expectations that couldn’t disappoint me, friends and family i could count on. but slowly,...

I never believed in love. Well, I suppose I had at some point. I had to, I loved romance too much. I found a boy to d...

      The beach and the mountains are covered with darkness.        I walk on the tranquil beach, ...

Summer is near, and Sam Kostas is hosting a big summer party. The event was invite only, and the invite said:     �...

Il était une fois une petite fille qui rêvait d’être aussi grande que ses amis. Mais tous ses amis semblaient à...

I woke up feeling a sense of discomfort, I felt crammed up, felt like the walls of my room were closing up on me, but...

Beneath figures of steel where shadows creep, lies a place long dead, where engines beat. Where air lies thick with c...

Sitting at the edge of that same cliff, on that same bench, a feeling creeps down my spine. I feel like I’ve be...

Dear friend, As the gentle winds of nostalgia whisper through my thoughts, I find myself drawn to reach out to you on...

The Jump.   I never liked pool jumps, don’t get me wrong pools are great but pool jumping is not my thing....

Les vraies couleurs d’automne, Les arbres illuminés par les rayons du soleil, Filtrés par les nuages, Baignent da...

“little, little graves“. I have read that somewhere. Just now. Four little walls and a fifth to make you stay. St...

Le 6 août 1915 Chère Julia, Ma femme, mon rêve, ma Julia, Tu es la femme que j’ai connue à mes 19 ans, et depui...

I follow the path of my fellows Smooth sailing all throughout But it’s impossible to go back And see just how f...

Je me souviens , en 2018 , avec mes parents , mon frere , ma soeur et avec un ami de mes parents . Au debut des vacan...

  The train screeched against the track, coming to a sudden stop as the engine died down, the force jerking me f...

I. The First Time I see her by the ruined stone wall, a wisp of a girl, hair tangled like brambles, eyes too big for ...

There is a certain curiosity I possess towards people Who resent love like a leader does a traitor. Yes, love is war,...

First Friday of summer, the sun is slowly burning my unprotected skin as I waddle down the pavement, always following...

On one warm sunny day in the middle of June, I got woken up by my dog barking. It was the day that my family and I we...

Today’s the day. My back ablaze, the wind ruffling my skirt, thousands of eyes on me.    I had been training ...

It’s Only a Game Welcome to New York, the city of towering skyscrapers and shattered dreams. Beneath its dazzling l...

Eight o’clock on the dot, my shift had just ended. I packed up quickly, eager to head home. As I approached the aut...

It’s only a game Sam and Synthia, both best friends since kindergarten, were going back to Sam’s house. The sun w...

As her bag slid off of her shoulder and choreographedly onto the back of her chair, she already knew what she would o...

I was in a hurry that day; my luggage was practically bursting with clothes, snacks and everything I thought I’d ne...

 “Ouch!” my palms reach for the mossy ground beneath me as my body aggressively launches forward. “Oh gosh, ar...

The small nuclear power plant opened a couple weeks ago near the city. It was situated smack in the middle of an indu...

The peak.   Gusts of wind howled in my ears.    The cold touch tearing and burrowing itself deep into the ...

The crow has been following me since the accident. In the morning it flies right above me as I go to work. In the aft...

I stood, lonesome, beneath swaying trees Their shadows flickered in a moonlit breeze The starlight danced where the d...

“Bum, bum, bum”…   Gradually, my right foot began to cramp and numb. My left foot had already started ...

I’m in a work interview, I would say the most important one that i have done until today. It’s for my dream job, ...

It wasn’t that terrifying at all !   Bam! The door behind Bob slammed shut, like sudden thunder in a quiet nig...

Home at Last. I stepped onto the plate, bat in hand, with a knotted throat. My stomach was doing flips on itself. I r...

The plane engine thundered loudly as Michael stood by the open door of the airplane. His heart raced and the cold str...

Buried Truths When I was younger, I used to think life was perfect, full with the beauty of nature. I never saw the h...

His head spun rapidly, his entire body was limp as if all his weight had shifted into his hand and feet weighing him ...

“Who is this?”  I had just started driving home after my 8-hour shift at the office. I had always wanted this jo...

​I used to write songs for someone,​ I remember when writing was fun.​ I wrote to someone who was blind​ They...

Tandis que les nuages de fumée habillent le ciel bleu La population et toute forme de vie autour il y en a peu  ...

Weißt du, wie es ist, von Menschen umgeben zu sein und doch nicht wahrgenommen zu werden? Ignoriert zu werden, dabei...

Geschwind,  durchschritt er die finstere Nacht,  mit seinem Umhang,  und in all seiner Pracht,      Nach Geiste...

My kid is still at the house​ My marriage is left there with my spouse​ I’m not ready​ My job isn’t steady�...

It’s easy to say „carry another life “​ It’s easy to dictate your wife​ You mistreat your own​ Oh, look...

My eyes don’t see the same as others​ I don’t see my babies like other mothers​ I can’t feel what they feel...

Da stand im Wald ein Haus  Wo eine kleine Maus ein und aus  Ging und im Mund ein Fisch  Der war ganz frisch.    ...

Der Zorn der Erde  Wenn ein Mensch der Erde schadet  Und sie in schmutzige Müllstücke badet  Dann sammelt sich u...

    Er steht seit Jahrhunderten, fest und still,  Sein Stamm gezeichnet von Zeit und Wind.    Die Jahre zog...

Le réveil hurle, me déchirant les tympans, moi qui étais transporté dans les Caraïbes pour la durée d’une nui...

Oliver était assis là, par terre sur les pavés, parmi gomme à mâcher écrasée, mégots et feuilles roussies par...

He set his terms in the beginning Something casual, attached to no string She took it as a challenge Hoping he would ...

Ricordarmi di quel giorno dove ci eravamo incontrati per la prima volta                              �...

I kissed the prince of this world. I didn’t like it. The problem was his lips. They were as dry as leaves in autumn...

VII – Velocity  I’m strolling past thousands of houses  Our souls’ material and Mental castles –  ...

V – Infinity Oh, to the human tendency that always Sends us flying  Through the atmosphere. It never ends. Amb...

You began just as anyone else, a snowflake swimming in the air.  One second you were a swimming lesson, the next you...

Soon this will become another poem, Sooner rather than later, I will love another. Safe in the knowledge that it won�...

She cries when she’s alone, But doesn’t do anything, To not end up alone. She cries when people yell at her, But ...

Scott’s heart sank when his brother opened the door. The once beefy heartthrob looked drained. His skin had a yello...

III – Admiration All of us seem to know the feeling Of being late to school or work, With bathroom floor replac...

I – Cuboid I may not have a fear Of bird’s eye heights And dark cold nights But deep down, under  My eyelash...

Now, it had to be now. I knew the risks that came with my dream to travel the stars. But, this opportunity would neve...

2177 KozemlyaKozemlya, year 2177 1. (Perspective A)Dark. Deep under the ocean. A blue submarine. Or was it red. Colou...

I fake a smile every second, every minute, every day, Don’t know why, but I’m getting used to being this way. I s...

Tearing my heart for you As you starve Pouring my feelings When you were thirsty for love Crumbling my mind Under you...

We thought it was buried, hidden in the books,  Yet the lost souls rise again, haunting us.  We swore we’d ne...

I step forward. “Where are you from” “Earth”. But that’s not enough. I’ve seen it. I’m seeing it. I saw...

Forced to hang on a pedestal. Shimmering. Beautiful. Broken into a million pieces, yet its shattered edges are still ...

I am already behind. The weight settles, Before my feet even touched the floor. Not from them. Not from the world. Bu...

je me pardonne de ces années où je n’ai rien su gérer, où je n’ai rien fait je me pardonne de ces pensées qu...

It was a nice, sunny, and wonderful day for many people, especially Jack.  He went to the New York Times office and ...

I   I want you in all the ways a moth wants the sun; I crave your heat and light, too. To drink your shine, to n...

Sometimes it comes to me In the middle of the night right before I sleep I turn around and open my eyes all wide And ...

December 07 A boy’s born He doesn’t know What he is up for Because what happens next is, mind you A kid that grow...

I love you Actually, the truth is something else I will never forgive you You broke my heart more than anyone else Yo...

Don’t knock on closed doors,they might never open  I reluctantly outstretch my clenched fist towards the gargantua...

Fingerprints – a mess The hawk soared in an ark high above the grassy plain. It circled, scanning the landscape...

I fell for the numbers that you brought along Like 3, the weeks where you made me feel like I belong 6, the day of my...

Here I lie on the cold bathroom floor Hoping I could have seen you once more You left me but it just doesn’t feel r...

She grew up being the fat friend Her family assured her she was perfect but she always knew The boys always giving he...

When Mountains Move   Two mountains that stand high above my fields, Sheltering me, shading me, shielding me, Mo...

3 people, stranded on an island: Me, Myself and I.   it was a small island, with only a forest and one tiny moun...

Life is a highway And I’m the pavement Say it in British or American, It won’t have the same sense Life is a trea...

Along the narrow street of red German roofs, we entered into the metro of a strange far-beyond age. Windows on the ca...

  Seules joies de ma journée, Vous qui broutez les prés, Je dédie cette ode À vos belles formes rondes. &nbs...

I have a dilemma. It’s called « The Oldest Daughter Dilemma. »   My happiness vs. theirs. My dreams vs. th...

Wait, how much do I need to buy this can of Coke with this tuna sandwich? » 1.50€ plus 4.10€—okay, that’s&#...

Dans la vie je t’ai jamais parfait, j’ai passé une enfance parfaite mais quand je suis arrivé en France il y a ...

I knew he liked me because of the pictures he took of me when I didn’t know I was being photographed. When he watch...

Life takes place in both the real and digital worlds, where the boundaries are blurred, imprecise, ambiguous, and eve...

DEUX ÂMES SŒURS Si différentes, mais pourtant reliées l’une à l’autre. Si lointaines, mais pourtant si proch...

I saw you in my dreams again. I bet you never dream about me. I don’t even want you to.   When I dream of you,...

Can’t I just be lost in the pages? Not thinking of anything, anyone— existing only in the words written, no befor...

I remember I remember everything. What seems like a blessing rather than a curse is keeping me guessing remembering a...

That beautiful feeling of the first look, the first touch, the first conversation— all those firsts are the ones we...

Zeitort: unwichtig. Zeitpunkt: ohne Bedeutung. Man fragte mich, ob es einen Sinn im Leben gibt. „Meine holden Herre...

When we are little, the world tells us to dream—to imagine a future filled with endless possibilities. « What do ...

Force. Résilience. Deux mots qu’on m’attribue sans cesse, comme une évidence, mais qui résonnent dans le vide....