Violette Vaine Joi -

And yet — joi. A small, stubborn joy, the kind that roots itself in cracks of pavement. It asks for no reason, no witness. It sings because the throat exists, because the heart is a muscle that refuses to learn disappointment.

(a short prose poem)

She wore the color of dusk on her sleeves, that violette which blooms where light forgets to go. But what is a flower if no one sees it open? What is a scent if the wind carries it only to empty fields? violette vaine joi