Lyric Prose Quotes

“There, arrows are thrown slowly — but they hurt. The first arrow comes from a one-sided decision — as though only one voice is right — one that refuses a different perspective, until a person loses their footing in logic. The second arrow strikes deeper: targeting character, assigning blame without seeing the background or the context — until the one being struck begins to lose trust in themselves. The third arrow — the most lethal — does not wound directly. Instead it seeps in as a quiet narrative that twists reality. Until an innocent soul begins to feel guilty — even for a wound they did not create.”
― Tommy Wibowo, THORNS, ROSES, AND ROOTS : A Human Journey Through Wounds, Love, and Awakening

“When the verdict was read — carrying no justice, taking no side of truth, offering only deception to trap the innocent — the hand of the law reached for the hammer. And the hammer felt the true weight of horror.


On the first strike, the hammer wept.
On the second strike, it screamed.
On the third strike, the sky shattered and broke apart.”
― Tommy Wibowo, THORNS, ROSES, AND ROOTS : A Human Journey Through Wounds, Love, and Awakening

“The wound came from the way they were said — not as a gentle reminder, but as a verdict of accusation. As though she were guilty simply for trying to understand the voice within her own heart”
― Tommy Wibowo, THORNS, ROSES, AND ROOTS : A Human Journey Through Wounds, Love, and Awakening

“Am I truly living this life — or only following a path I do not even understand?”
― Tommy Wibowo, THORNS, ROSES, AND ROOTS : A Human Journey Through Wounds, Love, and Awakening

“Even as tears fall without end, she remains standing. Nearly submerged, she surpasses the limits that the world has long attached to what it means to be a woman”
― Tommy Wibowo, THORNS, ROSES, AND ROOTS : A Human Journey Through Wounds, Love, and Awakening

“Those who have already arrived at their destination sometimes do not realize that their words are wounding those who are still walking — because every person's road is different: some have already reached it, some are still on the way”
― Tommy Wibowo, THORNS, ROSES, AND ROOTS : A Human Journey Through Wounds, Love, and Awakening

“They plant that pain deep inside themselves, keeping it tightly hidden, while continuing to pour out knowledge and love”
― Tommy Wibowo, THORNS, ROSES, AND ROOTS : A Human Journey Through Wounds, Love, and Awakening

“Because a love that is pure is not about being together forever — but about remaining faithful, even after the parting”
― Tommy Wibowo, THORNS, ROSES, AND ROOTS : A Human Journey Through Wounds, Love, and Awakening

“Life does not always run smoothly — sometimes it feels like walking across broken glass. Its glimmer draws the eye, but it is sharp and it wounds”
― Tommy Wibowo, THORNS, ROSES, AND ROOTS : A Human Journey Through Wounds, Love, and Awakening

“Every word seemed to transform into a devil's spear, driving itself into her eyes and her heart”
― Tommy Wibowo, THORNS, ROSES, AND ROOTS : A Human Journey Through Wounds, Love, and Awakening

“But just as she is about to go under, a mother looks beside her and sees her child. As though she suddenly carries two lives within one. And so she rises”
― Tommy Wibowo, THORNS, ROSES, AND ROOTS : A Human Journey Through Wounds, Love, and Awakening