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There might be more, but that’s the beauty of it. It may get lost; everything is ephemeral, but in that temporariness, you find beauty. I wrote, read, shown, then forgotten — not truly lost, but scattered across memory. I once discarded poems so I wouldn't grow too attached. And if I have lost those little poems, It would not matter in terms of technicality, Because when I breathed them into existence Their purpose was to exclaim, Then disappear. If the paper that was written on had souls, Mine would not haunt me, But sing melodies of a former serenity That I knew and loved, And of the muse that I have lost. Now I just look up at the dark sky And pretend it is a book of never-ending dreams, Each star a note, each crack a page, Each vanished word a spark That once breathed, lived, and left its mark.
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Jan 21
Jan 21, 2026 at 5:02 AM UTC
of lost poems and ephemeral dreams
There might be more, but that’s the beauty of it. It may get lost; everything is ephemeral, but in that temporariness, you find beauty. I wrote, read, shown, then forgotten — not truly lost, but scattered across memory. I once discarded poems so I wouldn't grow too attached. And if I have lost those little poems, It would not matter in terms of technicality, Because when I breathed them into existence Their purpose was to exclaim, Then disappear. If the paper that was written on had souls, Mine would not haunt me, But sing melodies of a former serenity That I knew and loved, And of the muse that I have lost. Now I just look up at the dark sky And pretend it is a book of never-ending dreams, Each star a note, each crack a page, Each vanished word a spark That once breathed, lived, and left its mark.
i will forever cherish those poems that i have lost, for they shaped who i am today.
saltycrackers
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Jan 21
Jan 21, 2026 at 5:02 AM UTC
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