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Running from misfortune
I walk with sorrow pressed against my chest, not knowing where my feet should carry me. Each road I take turns heavy with storms,
By Life Hopes4 months ago in Poets
Do these thoughts reflect a universal truth?
I've always loved a quote: "I used persistence to burn away all my childishness and willfulness. From that wilderness, I slowly grew rationality, indifference, and clarity." Reading it, I was truly silent for a long time. Because every moment of growth is like this: you set the fire yourself, burning away the naive and simple-minded self of the past, leaving behind the quiet and slightly colder person you are today.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing4 months ago in Poets
The Road Ends Here. Winner in The Road Drops Here Challenge.
The horizon cancels it out entirely— one moment straight, the next tilted like a loan payment, this overhand mere breath before.
By Neli Ivanova4 months ago in Poets
If you knew it was the end
If you knew it was the end, not on your terms, not by your blade— would you have lived more than mere greatness? Would it be enough
By Natasha Collazo5 months ago in Poets
Is This Love, or an Addiction?
There’s no shortcut to getting out of a bad relationship, but you can slowly mend your heart. First, you must honestly ask yourself: What do I really want from this relationship? Is it companionship, security, material possessions, or some kind of validation? Stop claiming you're simply in love. You can find what you want elsewhere—perhaps even more completely and painlessly.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing5 months ago in Poets
Pebbles
Waddling down the beach of life The chill in our bones She squawks I listen In the distance the sun glistens into darkness
By Atomic Historian5 months ago in Poets
Arise
He failed in school, he failed in life, Rejections cut him sharp as knives. KFC said no, the police did too, Even Harvard turned him blue.
By Life Hopes5 months ago in Poets
We Are Not the Same
Beneath the old oak’s fading shade, Children ran, and laughter stayed. Streams would sing with washing hands, Men would play, and hearts would dance.
By Life Hopes5 months ago in Poets
The Grasshopper Lies Heavy
The grasshopper lies heavy on a single blade It bends with its weight Swaying in the breeze As the grasshopper rubs its knees
By Atomic Historian5 months ago in Poets
The Road Within
Beneath the trees I sit, at the place where roads divide. One path calls with promises, another whispers my name in silence.
By Life Hopes5 months ago in Poets
Can anything overcome separation and death?
The most powerless things in this world are separation and death. There are some things you simply cannot change, no matter what you do. It is in these moments that you must decide to let go.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharing5 months ago in Poets
Waves of Innovation
Ideas rise like tides of light, Born from shadows, chasing night. Ripples gather, bold, unplanned, Reshaping hearts, reshaping land.
By Khan584 5 months ago in Poets