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How to Vanish Without Leaving a Shadow

A Guide for Those Who No Longer Belong

By Misbah Published 5 months ago 1 min read

Forget your name—
let it dissolve like salt in rain,
until no syllable can find you.

Erase your scent—
walk through fields where wild winds live,
and let them carry you to nowhere.

Silence your footsteps—
learn the rhythm of stillness,
so the ground forgets you ever walked.

Hide in plain sight—
become the flicker in the corner of an eye,
a whisper mistaken for wind.

Leave no goodbyes—
goodbyes are anchors;
cut the rope,
drift into the horizon until even the sun
doesn’t remember your shape.

And when they ask where you went,
let the answer be a shadow,
stretching thin…
until it disappears.

Summary:
A haunting guide for those who dream of vanishing without a trace — where names dissolve in rain, footsteps fade into silence, and the horizon swallows your shadow.

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About the Creator

Misbah

Collector of whispers, weaver of shadows. I write for those who feel unseen, for moments that vanish like smoke. My words are maps to places you can’t return from

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