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POETRY BY EVY MICHAELS
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The Quest for Sight
It began, as all tragedies do, With a nap that went too far. Not a gentle rest, But a fall, deep and lawless, Into the folds of a Sunday...

Evy Michaels
2 min read


The Machine That Ate Meaning
They told us we must leave something behind. That a life unremembered was a life unlived. And we, soft, trembling— believed them. We...

Evy Michaels
2 min read


Where Are You, My Love
I have dreamt of you a thousand times, And I’ve yet to meet you once. I’ve searched for you in a thousand lifetimes, Yet you evade me in...

Evy Michaels
2 min read


What Now
What now that I write what I dare not speak, ink braver than breath, truth safer on the page. What now that I read these words, as though...

Evy Michaels
1 min read


Either way
I didn’t mean to stay. But some hearts, once found, are impossible to put down. Yours felt like a story I already knew, and still, I read...

Evy Michaels
3 min read


How to Hold a Girl Like Me
Do not reach for me only when I am easy to carry. I will not make myself weightless so you can feel strong. Do not confuse my willingness...

Evy Michaels
2 min read


Even If They Never Do
I found you today, tucked into the corner of my chest, knees drawn up, palms pressed against the fragile skin where your heartbeats live....

Evy Michaels
3 min read


Midnight prayer
Dear God If you're out there, hear my prayer, please. I know I'm undeserving, so I will not ask on my behalf. Thank you for the light in...

Evy Michaels
1 min read


The Fragile Weight of Us
A million thoughts collide in my mind, pulling at the fragile thread of hope I’ve been clinging to. An ache blooms, slow and sharp, a...

Evy Michaels
2 min read


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