fishmagooEcho

25 / M

Time and Time AgainTime passed away peacefully in the night. Not with a bang. Nor a whimper. Certainly not a real sound of any kind--rather, with the slight hiss of a few inflated egos and some deflated expectations. / But, time is only a measurement and thus sound is somewhat meaningless to it. / Therefore, judge yourself not by the loud opinions of those that limit themselves to the whims of time; instead, judge solely by the sounds of laughter, love, and the tinkling of crystalline memories that surround you.

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May 29, 2025

Past LivesWe are all imperfect / pieces of people / from lives long past.

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Apr 14, 2025

Momma: Getting OlderA lit match: / The smell of cigarettes- / A burnt paycheck-

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Mar 7, 2025

TherapyGenetically predisposed to be overtly critical of everything / while also severely hindered by crippling social anxiety. / I've never been to therapy

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Jun 4, 2024

Un(Breakable)Her voice dripped dagger wounds into soft flesh- / jagged holes; uncommendable amendments in my life's canvas. / Tearing up at the thought of those tears is a daily occurrence, and oh how those currents pull me deeper still.

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Apr 8, 2024

You."Carve the iron from my bones" / *I wish there were another way* / "Mold me, clay-like, into the idol of your adulation"

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Apr 4, 2024

InspireI am a writer. / A pen-born pathogen / whose purpose is to infect and inspire.

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Mar 26, 2024

What a LifeYou sarcastically said: "what a life-" / it has been impetuously so. / Yet at times it too has been

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Mar 19, 2024

For HerA troublesome tempo / that I so coolly kept / locked 'way inside my chest

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Feb 29, 2024

RelationshipLove disembarked~ / Empty-handed; heartless. / Thus it walked that plank

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Feb 28, 2024

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