Hiddengrief Stories

poems

Four hours into the foggy, winding mountains of Leyte sits Edenbridge Academy-a prestigious sanctuary for the brilliant, the elite, and the broken. For sophomore Tristan Liongson, it is his fourth school in two years. He is a boy who carries himself like an interruption, surviving a quiet family collapse and an unspoken crisis that left him feeling like a ghost in his own life. Stripped of his past and sent away by his grieving mother, Tristan arrives at Daniel Hall with a trunk full of secrets, a famous family name he doesn't understand, and a burning question he only whispers to the dark: Dear God, why am I like this? Raphael, the pristine student council leader and prefect, lives a life perfectly mapped by schedules, duty, and flawless expectations. He is a boy who moves with absolute precision. But the moment a quiet, sharp-featured boy in baggy clothes steps onto the grand staircase of Moses Hall, a single look catches the afternoon light-and snags something deep inside Raphael's tightly controlled world. Behind the stone walls, stained glass, and unyielding mist of Edenbridge, Tristan is just trying to survive the fire. But in a place that already seems to know his name, keeping his walls up might be the hardest thing he's ever had to do.

In a land where tradition is law and the heartbeat of the people is governed by the iron will of its leaders, their love is more than a secret-it is an act of high treason. ​Bound by an affection that defies centuries of rigid custom, they move through a world of whispered promises and stolen glances. But the eyes of the Elders are everywhere, and the weight of their heritage demands a sacrifice that neither is willing to make. To the High Council, their union isn't just a mistake; it's a crack in the foundation of their civilization. ​Will they make it? As the culture they were raised to honor turns into a cage, they must decide if love is worth the price of exile-or execution. ​Will they be united again? ​

A powerful poem about hidden grief - a brother who learned to cry in silence, his tears swallowed whole so none could see. Through metaphors of contained fire and unbreakable armor, it explores the quiet strength of unspoken pain and the longing for release.