"To Burn Atop Summer's Crown"

"𝗧𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗔𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻" follows the same girl now mistaken for a flame; admired for how brightly she burns, never asked what it costs her to keep burning. The town clapped for her glow and called it strength, never noticing the ember dimming beneath their applause.

The second act of "𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 - 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟭: 𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗜𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀", this poem turns admiration into its own quiet danger, showing how easily it is for one to mistake administration for care.

Written in support of the advocacy "𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹," this piece asks its readers to look closer upon the ember, not just applaud its glow.

"𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿."

- 𝓣. 𝓜. 𝓒𝓸𝓻𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓽