Monday, August 24, 2026

Porcelain And Steel

The image is a 16:9 cinematic poster-style composition divided visually into two connected sections.  Left side: A moody artist’s studio with exposed brick walls, a large industrial window, paintings, papers, ink bottles, porcelain fragments, and art supplies scattered around. A woman with curly hair sits at a wooden worktable wearing a white shirt. She holds a pen and looks directly toward the viewer with a serious, determined expression. In front of her is a large glowing jigsaw-puzzle artwork, symbolizing putting broken pieces of life back together. Dark blue-black ink appears to flow across the artwork and around her arm. Parts of her arm have a porcelain-crack effect, reinforcing the poem’s imagery of being emotionally broken yet resilient. Right side: A dark, textured black background provides a dramatic reading panel. At the top, the title “Porcelain and Steel” appears in large, elegant white lettering, with “and” in a more flowing script. Beneath the title, the poem is arranged in multiple paragraphs using white serif typography. The text contrasts beautifully against the dark background and gives the piece the feeling of a literary poster or personal artistic manifesto. The overall visual symbolism centers on porcelain, ink, broken pieces, steel, faith, pain, manipulation, resilience, and transformation. The lighting combines the natural light from the studio window with darker shadows, giving the image a serious, introspective, powerful, and slightly mysterious atmosphere. The wide format allows the artwork and the poem to exist together without making either side feel completely separate—the woman is visually creating the very story that appears beside her.

Allow me to set the record straight: my emotional independence is written through poetry. You may see some resemblance, but not everything that is said is true.


​So, take this to heart and remember this like you will remember anything else. My ink to paper is like a knife through porcelain skin. You can look at this in different ways: either the ink will heal you or kill you. Porcelain does have moments of breaking, and it also has moments of slight fragments. Therefore, your words come at my skin like porcelain. Everyone has rights to be in their feelings and sit in silence to figure things out. Communication can be quite a bitch! So, I have moments of not getting my words out. And that is okay.


​I have been emotionally broken too many damn times—doing my best to grow thick skin because I am God's child. And He didn't instill in me to be a broken soul. I am here because He needs me to be here, and I will leave this Earth on His terms.

​Right now, I have been going through things and doing my best to see past them: the good, the bad, and let's not forget the ugly. God knows I have spoken loudly on situations, all to get slapped in my face. I see the sinister smiles and grins upon faces, and I refuse to look into the devil's eyes. Because I am a child of God, no one can try to put the wool over my eyes.


​Everyone pulled their life card at birth. The moment you took your first breath, your path was created. Life is no fucking game. This is my path and has always been my path. Yet, there are quite a few made of steel pins in the road. And I am not afraid to put a dagger in the souls who have done this deliberately. I am no longer a child. Please begin to treat me as the adult that I am, so you will reap what you have sown. God knows and sees everything.


​Everyone is blinded at times when things are going on around them—especially when things are happening directly to them. Trust me, I have been there and am working through it. If I spill the chaos beans, be prepared for a solar storm. I will put them in a place that will fit perfectly. While it doesn't mean everything around it is fact, it's like grabbing jigsaw puzzle pieces: once you have all the pieces, you can begin to create a magnificent masterpiece. So, I refuse to be shut down. I will turn my pain into a work of art, including those who have manipulated me as well. You are the ink to paper, and some have become porcelain in my skin.