Vault of Voices

  • Binds

    White, Dave. Willow. May 24, 2024, Dave White Illustrations.

    Ice burns through the chest, freedom becomes a cruel illusion, and binds linger even when the shackles are gone. Binds captures the ache of emptiness, the weight of choices, and the haunting question of whether escape truly exists. Yet, amidst despair, hope flickers faintly in the mist.

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  • My Door’s Key

    White, Dave. Home Is Where the Heart Is. December 1, 2024, Dave White Illustrations.

    “My Door’s Key” opens the locked door to depression’s hidden battles. With raw honesty and vivid imagery, it reveals the weight of mental illness, the silence behind the smile, and the courage it takes to seek healing. A poem of pain, vulnerability, and the hope for connection.

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  • A World in Gray

    White, Dave. Sea Creatures. May 15, 2024, Dave White Illustrations.

    “A World in Gray” unravels the weight of numbness and despair, painting a world stripped of color, joy, and light. Through stark imagery of storms, shadows, and hollow songs, the poem captures the haunting stillness of depression while hinting at the hidden struggle of longing for freedom and release.

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  • 8:39PM

    White, Dave. Canyon. September 2, 2024, Dave White Illustrations.

    “8:39PM” unravels the silence of despair through haunting verses that echo betrayal, loss, and inner torment. With imagery of shadows, frozen nights, and broken vows, the poem embodies the raw voice of pain and truth, a dirge for a soul shackled by lies and desperate for release.

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  • Letters That Never Return

    White, Dave. Beach Dog. June 15, 2024, Dave White Illustrations.

    Letters That Never Return” speaks to the ache of longing, unspoken words, and the silence that lingers when love remains unanswered. Paired with Dave White’s illustration Beach Dog, the poem reflects on memory, loss, and the fleeting nature of connection—like letters adrift, never finding their way back.

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  • Introvert Anthem

    A poetic journey into the soul of an introvert—quiet yet fierce, unseen yet deeply alive. Introvert Anthem speaks to the beauty of solitude, the need for connection, and the vast world within. It is a reminder that even in silence, introverts carry storms, stories, and unspoken fire.

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  • A Raft to Drift Upon

    White, Dave. Raging Sea. February 14, 2025, Dave White Illustrations.

    A Raft to Drift Upon is a tender meditation on love’s power to carry us through life’s fiercest storms. Written by Kiana Jimenez and paired with Dave White’s Raging Sea illustration, this Emotive Fusion Art piece captures resilience, warmth, and hope in the face of adversity.

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  • The Weight of Words

    To become a writer, you must break yourself open—shatter into pieces and let the wounds speak. Writing is surrender, a war between feeling and language. It’s living half in this world, half in another, because not writing is to suffocate. Sometimes, the answer is a blank page.

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  • Unspoken

    White, Dave. Shriek. February 11, 2025. Dave White Illustrations.

    So many words remain unspoken, yet love speaks in the quiet. In the darkness, hearts open, storms fade, and silence becomes a symphony. Without uttering a sound, the soul finds its home in another—where unspoken truths echo louder than words and love is understood without a single breath.

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  • Lotus

    Like the lotus rising from unyielding mud, you were made to thrive in the dark, to gather strength from shadows, and to bloom, whole and radiant, under the light.

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