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nick-durbin
nick-durbin
M/American I have missed the joys of writing in recent years, but am glad to have found this avenue and community to indulge in my love of writing. / / Live the previous moment as your last. / / All work is copyrighted
At what point does negligence and ignorance Become compliance and obedience? One politician, Two politician, Three - Does this new world order mean I am free? A blind eye turned, A new legislative paid - The world burned, While we watched another ICE raid. Four politician, Five politician, Six - Epstein providing the rich with their child fix...
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Feb 10
Feb 10, 2026 at 4:35 AM UTC
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Life gives and life takes, Those that mean the most - Burrowed deep within us, Dwelling close to our hearts - Clinging to our souls. Some unexpected, Some unforeseen - For it is those losses, Those weighted losses... That hurt the most. Leaving us with gaping holes, In our chests - Body aching... Leaving us with only memories, Pieces of them that continue on - Replaying on loop. Slight nudges to help us remember - Remember they existed. Remember they were real. Those losses. Those. Weighted. Losses.
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Jul 23, 2025
Jul 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM UTC
Weighted Losses
Our limitations - Our mortality, Makes this existence; YOU. ME. 40 years of holding hands - A lifetime spent with you; This love we have together - Worth living.
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Jul 15, 2018
Jul 15, 2018 at 4:05 AM UTC
40 Years Holding Hands
Time: A manifestation methodically erasing our brief moments together. Gravity: A force we abandoned to prolong our brief moments together, and exist eternally outside of the manifested confines of time.
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Jan 28, 2016
Jan 28, 2016 at 7:28 AM UTC
Time and Gravity (30W)
A journey not calculated by distance or time, but by memories - Our story unfolding between those layers, Like small puzzle fragments coloring a portrait, Revealing their purpose - Presenting its complicated story. We are but silhouettes reflected upon the sand in the moonlight - Dancing and howling at the moon, Asking for the stars... To keep, To hold, Just long enough for another one of those moments - Even if it is the length of a breath, I could find eternity in you.
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Oct 7, 2014
Oct 7, 2014 at 2:54 PM UTC
The Moon, Stars, and Us
Magnanimous Earth, Giving without receiving - One last sunset, death.
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Aug 12, 2014
Aug 12, 2014 at 12:36 AM UTC
Haiku II (Magnanimous)
Pure happiness, Drenched, no, saturated - Overwhelmed by meaningful moments, Complete. Security in adventure - What I want for you, is Love.
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Apr 24, 2014
Apr 24, 2014 at 7:30 PM UTC
What I Want For You (20W)
You are the wilted flower in the sea of the dead… The last beautiful sign of a world forgot – Your beauty stretches beyond the words, Tipping over the cliffs of tongues, Crashing into the abyss and swallowed – Eaten whole, Forgotten… You are the last droplet of sun, Kissing the horizon as you asunder from the day – Leaving your taste in the sky, Painted with the colors of your soul…
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Feb 6, 2014
Feb 6, 2014 at 8:59 PM UTC
Wilted Flower
As the light fades, and the darkness settles over my room, My thoughts are engulfed by you – A woman whom has encapsulated my struggled journey through this world… She, who received my heart and simply kept it – So, I watch as the sun sets on this day, Flickering against the porch and the clouds above - Fading over my horizon, and shedding light on the beginning of yours… I reach for the fiery embers and dissolve into the sea of orange and red, Melting into the sky, in search of your beauty – Bursting ‘cross the shores, crawling over the ebbing tides, Erasing shadows, meticulously illuminating each minute morsel, each delicate droplet of life – The arrays pouring over your skin, as I soak into your golden brown complexion, Seeping deeper and deeper, layer by layer… Flooding your body; saturated, I am a part of you, I am now yours -
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Oct 19, 2013
Oct 19, 2013 at 8:46 PM UTC
She, Who Kept My Heart
When I embrace you,                                                        my right hand caressing your cheek,                              running the length of your face to reach the nape of your neck…                                                    I will stare into your eyes,                                                                smile,                                                                      then kiss you longingly.
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Sep 11, 2013
Sep 11, 2013 at 4:09 AM UTC
This is our Hello.