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Aishhtea
But I love the way that words dance on a page, like a trance. They have me in the palm of their hands, in a waltz. So I’m a princess at the ball, with words as my prince they enchant me like a witch. It’s like magic how they guide my pen to arabesque, do the tango, then a courtesy. Oh, how polite, and how gentle so fragile, so tragic. They’re all mine in glasses of crystal that I glance at. You can’t trap them. They hate stillness, I take their lead My words dance Cause they’re free.
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Apr 28
Apr 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM UTC
I have no Rhythm
Why? Keep it closed, shut tight. Whispers grow on the other side— lies that blind the eyes of another life. Stop. Why? There’s a knock. Where? From the other side. Keep it closed. But I wanna know what lies beyond sight, what warmth feels like in distilled nights, Where do fireflies come alive what sounds soothe the deafening cries. There’s a knock. Open it to a blinding void, an engulfing light. Stark white Its nothing.. Close it. Must’ve been the wind.
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Apr 28
Apr 28, 2026 at 2:53 PM UTC
Dont open the door
Common sense tells you that when one has a string full of traumatic knots You untie them one by one Sadly, I didn't know knots could be undone So who is the foolish one? Me Because people said so Who? Many It was as if they met in advance Across race, age, gender, and place To spread the tale Of the one who lacks All form, life, and tact Though all my senses ARE in tact The common one too in fact And which one may that be? Oh i know this one quite well It’s the the one that makes people laugh Well then its the one that knows when to laugh The one that walks like a proper girl? The one that speaks at the perfect volume? The one that cleans and cooks before dawn? No? Perhaps, I have all of that I do in fact! But I never had the common one
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Apr 10
Apr 10, 2026 at 12:09 AM UTC
Common sense
The words that were never said will never travel another yard To get to you. They used to dress up, skate across ice to lift you. They danced in fields, meadows of laughter, Waiting for the petals of your words to bloom. They withered, waiting, never allowing a sprinkle of light to revive their roots. The words cling to the dry mahogany leaves marked by every footprint from you. They have been contaminated, left behind by the stinger of bees and the conniving snakes that slither through. It’s been years now, but I guess the venom of the past has paralyzed you. Because the words are still damp cold, and far from you.
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Apr 9
Apr 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM UTC
Words get tired too
I am a string, long and embroidered with knots, all different sizes and shapes. They perform together Orchestrating a pattern one so ethereal it forms a necklace. When I wear the necklace, it starts to tighten, knots buckling down, attached to my neck. I can’t tell where it ends and where I begin. I need to take it off- so I pull the string. It chokes me harder, robbing me of air, a privilege that cannot be had when one has tight knots. Finally, it breaks. I’m free. The string is in two. It doesn’t really matter. I don’t feel its pull anymore. I don’t feel it at all. It used to be beauti- That doesn’t really matter. I’d rather feel nothing at all. When I look at my hands, though, it’s a mess. What once was a string is now colliding knots, entangled within each other till it is many within one. I now am a string, because I hold all my knots, and I don’t know how to separate them apart, so I keep them as one.
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Apr 9
Apr 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM UTC
A stringless knot