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unhingedpoet
unhingedpoet
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Nothing good ever comes from drowning. It hurts. It's painful. It's too strong. It all comes crashing down down down. And it hurts. It's hard to breathe. I’m drowning. Drowning in the memories. Nothing good ever comes from drowning. … They catch me. Whisper to me. I cling to their voices, the lifeboat holding me up. Everything else fades away. Nothing good ever comes from drowning. Except for this. Though it may hurt. Though it may be painful. Though it may be too strong. They are there for me. My lifeboat. Holding me up when I can’t do it myself. Helping me. Guiding me out. Nothing good ever comes from drowning. … I am never always drowning.
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Mar 7, 2025
Mar 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM UTC
Drowning.
I sit upon my castle of old built far before my time I walk these halls and use these thrones yet do not know the ones beyond they stalk me so and watch me cold leaving fragile notes of ice I find their whispers and past rules far more certain than my doom I wish for more and yet for less torn between the worlds they live Their guidance strong and knowledge large I pray for over and over These castle walls have held them close protecting them for their time Yet still I find these walls of mine far too large an armour feared These labyrinths of rooms and doors leading me through my wrongs they call to me pulling me through the ropes chaining me Their shouts are loud and now I know through them I am a girl of gold Soon to shine with light beyond the shimmering that holds them down Freeing them I will be upon discovering my true tree The tree so strong and larger than life will mirror who I’ll find myself This girl of gold I will be in days so soon they cannot see what will happen and who will fall but I will stand righteous and tall.
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Mar 5, 2025
Mar 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM UTC
This Castle Tall
Mushrooms tall and mushrooms small Growing from my garden I watch them so Above my dough A bread of dreams fulfilled I wonder though the woods that grow From the mushrooms many The mushrooms steal all my light Preventing me my act of fight These mushrooms tall and mushrooms small Clutter the garden plenty I cut them down Yet still they’ve grown Tall and standing mighty I wish for weeds That will choke Bringing them upon the rake I swing at them with all my strength Condemning them to fiery death But more they grow Consume me so My self is gone I am we And now we dine with people three.
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Mar 5, 2025
Mar 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM UTC
Mushrooms
Jupiter The silent guardian Ruler of the skies Named after our mythology Designed to protect us If it protects us now Why did it fail before? Why did the dinosaurs die? The asteroid Hurtling towards Earth Carving into the crust Leaving its mark Killing thousands of species Why? How did Jupiter not notice? How did Jupiter not save them? It paved the way for us to flourish But perhaps we would’ve flourished anyway If Jupiter did its job Then species wouldn’t be extinct Wouldn’t lose parts of themselves Then be forced to contort Fit the box Of what is deemed as correct Wouldn’t be forced to confine themselves In pretty lies and fake faces Wouldn’t be forced to hide Pretend that everything is ok That the loss didn’t impact them That the species that came later Did not hurt them With their ‘help’ Forcing them to tell the new ones The stories over and over Of the asteroid The failed protector Who never noticed The pain that came And the hidden truths Jupiter is a protector no longer Not to me.
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Mar 5, 2025
Mar 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM UTC
Jupiter