Ode to Humanity

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Death is the freedom from the chains of flesh.
Death devours the soul.

Life is the chain that keeps you from leaving.
Life is the heart of the soul.

Life cannot die.
Just as death cannot live.

Truth never crumbles.
And time shapes it.
Only lies rest.

The science of men,
the meddling of children.
The ultimate curiosity.
The conquests that never cease.
The reasons don’t either.
Good and evil,
the cause of everything.
Good and evil,
the cause of our fall.

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Laura Esteves

Laura Esteves

Laura Esteves builds worlds with words, and dismantles the ones that already exist. She writes about what hurts, what transforms and what refuses to be forgotten. She writes about love, identity and the systems that insist on defining us.

She believes literature is the only place where truth doesn't need permission. Her texts are born from the certainty that every story told with courage is an act of freedom; for whoever writes and whoever reads.