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More than most, I live like a ghost. A silhouette they narrate, An image they curate. Perceived, And not received. I’m Just a fable, With no seat at the table, They script my role, And Forget my soul. I sit in silence, cloaked in shame, out of the frame As if my quiet isn’t ache. As if my presence is a mistake. They do not ask. They do not wait. They build my story second-rate. And still I walk through crowded halls, heard by none, contained by walls. A tethered breath, a haunted pace, living in light without a place. This world moves fast — too sharp, too loud. No space for ghosts within the crowd. I learn their language, speak it well, but live in rooms they cannot spell. I am not yours to silence or save. I am not the ghost — you are the cave.
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Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM UTC
Ghost
More than most, I live like a ghost. A silhouette they narrate, An image they curate. Perceived, And not received. I’m Just a fable, With no seat at the table, They script my role, And Forget my soul. I sit in silence, cloaked in shame, out of the frame As if my quiet isn’t ache. As if my presence is a mistake. They do not ask. They do not wait. They build my story second-rate. And still I walk through crowded halls, heard by none, contained by walls. A tethered breath, a haunted pace, living in light without a place. This world moves fast — too sharp, too loud. No space for ghosts within the crowd. I learn their language, speak it well, but live in rooms they cannot spell. I am not yours to silence or save. I am not the ghost — you are the cave.
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24/Androgynous
Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM UTC
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