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Sanctity

26 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vincent Van Zandvoort

SanctityThe only way to find peace is to recognize the sanctity of your enemy’s life. You cannot simply erase them as if they are animals; their lives are as valuable as yours. Yet, this very sanctity makes true peace impossible. A permanent ceasefir...

Storms

23 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vincent Van Zandvoort

Storms There are trees planted everywhere throughout your life path, where you will find shelter, and you can enjoy their fruits, watch their leaves change color, and fall, and grow back, year after year.  But a storm will come. Thunder will roll, li...

Shifty Clutter

4 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vincent Van Zandvoort

Shifty ClutterThe secret and the sicknessquelled a place inside of me.Overlords of dark matterhide pieces of sanity.That was left after the warwhen returning home to roost.When you are realizingyour pure innocence was used.Now, when it’s all said and...

The Visionary's Epiphany

4 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vincent Van Zandvoort

The Visionary's Epiphany He was about to take his last breath when he heard everything around him start to speak; even the silence had something to say. He realized that in a couple of minutes, he'd be gone. But the world around him would keep going...

The Entirety

10 Oct 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vincent Van Zandvoort

The EntiretyThe TalkDon’t question yourself.Get off the shelf.Don’t look away.Live day by day.The AdviceTake your wordsand fly away.If you’re unwanted,they pray for prey.Trust in a helping hand.Friend ends with ‘end’.RealizeIt’s the same old show.A r...

The Sadness of a Mad Man

20 Sep 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Vincent Van Zandvoort

  The Sadness of a Mad Man It’s late. It’s dark, and there is this spark of light—not light enough to blind me—but still, you could be a friend. There are many things that overwhelm, hurt, and disturb me. Though nobody sees the pain I hold, it's you...

You and me

23 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vincent Van Zandvoort

You and meEven when you’re very far.Even if you were a star.I’d take a deep breath,and with all of my might,I’d blow away cloudsand sleep with your undying light.I have accepted silver, like I do.I see the colors that I’ve shown youall the time.Up in...

Waiting For My Love

17 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vincent Van Zandvoort

Waiting For My LoveReliving my moment of dying: drowning in the river that I had been crying.My memory was lost in the mist, as far as I can remember.Love has lost its value.Nothing is the same except my name.Why can't I die with all of my feelings?W...

The Air-Filled Lake

6 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vincent Van Zandvoort

The Air-Filled LakeThere was a lake filled with air.My mom and dad once took me there.From the bottom, I could see the sun up closeand all the dreams no one ever chose.While we drove up,time went back.Their eyes turned black.Water filled the sky.I he...

The Plant

26 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vincent Van Zandvoort

The PlantPlease, factory floor, I can't take anymore. I swear, these machines were just breathing. The best thing in life is to wake up at five. Fight the demons that strife till you give in.Please, factory floor, I can't take anymore. Our love for m...