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leaving the weight
graduated from judgement and its consequences reflections of pagan paradise alleged with eminent religion allotted for life and death subjugated
By ⸘jason alan‽4 months ago in Poets
Do His Words Define Your Future?
It only took him a few seconds to say those few words, yet it has taken you so long to move on. Don't build your life around what he said. Don't let his casual words become an impenetrable wall that blocks your progress.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing4 months ago in Poets
Untethered
I’m miserable for adventure There’s lines that stain my brain Like every nation They exist only in our imagination They separate us from our true nature
By Atomic Historian4 months ago in Poets
Failing To Understand The Costs
You Do Not Know What You Ask... You Do Not Know What It Costs... Especially When... You are Not Ready. This is perhaps One of the Greatest Challenges in Today's World.
By Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)4 months ago in Poets
ivrig att behaga
------Drop my heart Eager to please -----Fall ---------Apart Break my knees ---------------Eternally bow Inner scream
By Tanya Lei4 months ago in Poets
Goodbye to Him, Goodbye to Me
You waited for him, shedding so many tears. If he truly cared, he wouldn't have let you endure all of that before he came back. He clearly hasn't considered how much you've been through. If he had, he wouldn't have acted so carelessly.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing4 months ago in Poets
The Evolution of Police Identification: How Digital Technology is Reshaping Law Enforcement Badges and Credentials
The landscape of law enforcement identification is undergoing a significant transformation. As digital technologies reshape how we verify identity and credentials across various sectors, police departments and public safety agencies are adapting their identification systems to meet modern security demands while maintaining the traditional authority that badges represent.
By AMRYTT MEDIA4 months ago in Poets
Love: Persistence Over Perfection
We're both good, but this relationship isn't simple. Many people fall in love, assuming that once they meet the right person, all their problems will naturally disappear. But in reality, relationships aren't built on compatibility; they're built on persistence.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing4 months ago in Poets
The Lantern by the Door. Winner in Lantern Light Challenge.
My father's lantern, dented on one side from when it fell that winter crossing back, hung every night beside the kitchen door.
By Tim Carmichael4 months ago in Poets
The Power Beneath The Mask
Sometimes People are Not Ready. We all Develop Perceptions of the World Around Us. At times, those Perceptions are Correct...
By Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)4 months ago in Poets
A Song of the Seeker's Way
I have wandered the long paths asking, and asking Through cities teeming with ten thousand voices Across prairies where wildlife share secrets to the wind
By Tim Carmichael4 months ago in Poets
Was It a Goodbye, or a Dream We Never Lived?
Sometimes, the loss of someone you were never with can hurt more than a breakup. You never truly had them, so you never got the chance to say goodbye. Your feelings are stuck in limbo, unable to return to friendship or become a real relationship. A million words are in your heart, but in the end, you have to swallow them all. This relationship never even began, so you feel like you have no right to be sad, yet you feel sadder than anyone else.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing4 months ago in Poets