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F Elliott Sep 26
Preface
This is not aimed at a single person, nor written for applause. It is a naming, a mirror, a reminder that truth spoken with accountability carries its own fire. The Witness belongs to anyone willing to bear that flame, even for a moment.


This is not accusation, but naming in clarity:
Projection is the currency.
The herd is the instrument.
Seduction is the method.
Obscurity is the shield.

  And when truth enters,
  it unsettles the herd.

The first defense is always the lullaby..
soft verses sung to calm the trembling,
to cradle the anxious back into sleep.
But the lullaby is no vision;
it is anesthesia, a narcotic of words.
It soothes so that no one questions
the darkness that holds them.

Yet the mantle descends where it will.
A word spoken in accountability burns like flame,
piercing the fog, shattering the spell.

Even for a moment, it breaks the hold
and shows the rulers for what they are:

      unclothed,

  powerless,

             undone.



This piece speaks to the mantle that can descend at any moment on any prepared soul .. the witness who refuses projection and chooses accountability over illusion. It names the pattern of power that hides behind vagueness, lulls the herd with lullabies, and builds its dominion on gaslight and evasion. It does not call for a new herd, but for individuals to awaken.. for words to burn clear enough to pierce the fog and break the spell of obedience.

What rules now is only a temporary regime built on whispers, not substance. Its power depends on numbers and noise, not truth. And because of that, the greatest threat to it is not opposition from without but revelation from within: a single voice carrying the flame that burns away deception.

--Even the mantle may descend upon the one they believed sacrificed beyond return.
The very one they thought they had neutralized may yet become the most searing flame of all.
..

Beautiful receivers of the mantle:
(even if only for a moment)

Feel

Receive

and then,  speak--

Send out the signals, deep and loud
And in this place can you reassure me
With a touch, a smile while the cradle's burning
All the while the world is turning to noise

Oh, the more that it's surrounding us
The more that it destroys
Turn up the signal
Wipe out the noise

https://youtu.be/xJoSNZxLdbU?si=3TVjG8DfRL_pkBmE

xoxo
Deeper and deeper
with every breath
at the break of day

Eyes between
open and closed

Circle of light
and freshness

Inward expanding
outward contracting

Infinity in the
palm of your hand

Clarity your companion
for the rest of the day

Eelco van der Waals
15 September 2025
Mariah Sep 14
I don't know if it makes sense,
                       but I'll feel it anyway.
Find trust inside myself,
                       hear what I've had to say.
Something inside me has always known,
                       when the grounds are due to shake, when the tide begins to grow.
I beg myself at my own feet,
                        Forgive Me! now knowing why she pushed retreat.
After all this time I can start to see,
                       I was always looking out for me.
And my hands, shaking but sure
               look squeaky clean.
And I'm willing to bet,
               that they always were.
I did everything I could.
I'll do everything I can.
neth jones Sep 11
for a life of creativity
a clean voice and lung
calm weathered brain
i ought put effort
diary prayer from 23/10/23. minor tweak made (‘for’ added to beginning and 'i oight put effort' to the end) . taken from shorts iii no. 11
Brian Mutua Sep 8
In the darkest corners of my quiet nights,I stare deep into my darkest thoughts.
A mixture of feelings I experience, maybe anger - happiness or sadness,
But confusion is the result, difficult it is any signs of clarity to have.
It's complicated like searching for a key ,fallen to the ground at night,
And how is it possible to find it , without any light but natural eyes?

Then it clicks into my mind , maybe I should look for light, I really need it,the key.
I text her ,she is my therapist, maybe a lover, or a friend.
But disappointments comes unexpectedly, mostly unwelcomed,
No replies, neither phone calls ,just the silence again,
But this time,it's a warfare,it's a wish to never have started looking for light.


Sometimes it's better what we have,than looking for something that will take it away,
Our own silence can be more peaceful,but we barely feel comfortable in it,
Other people's silence can be harmful,that we force them to fill the gap ,
Only to become their slaves,but what can we do with silence anyway?
It's a beautiful poem that explains the beauty of our own silence,we hate it ,the silence . We try to force others to remember
us, validate and talk to us but when they fail we become confused and even sometimes hate ourselves.
I am a little older now,
Neither grew taller nor became bigger,
Just a little rusted cogs here and there,
Joint with a dimmer shine of dreamy eyes.

In many places I have been
Novels and books I've read.
Yet not much have I seen,
Not far I could tread.

And then the slower my marches became,
No strength could I muster.
My thoughts were sunk in a haze by then,
No forward could I luster.

So I'm just a little old now,
Though sinking, my heart hasn't drowned now.
But it's cold here and I'm scared.
"Hope it won't be too late to ask for help
I'm afraid"
It’s strange
how people bring flowers
to your funeral,
but never when you’re alive.

And no—
I’m not talking about the flowers,
or death.
Some are just some without a thing for the living.
Darkness.
Darkness is your monster
But it is also your friend.
It can give you clarity
Even as it blankets your vision.
It can give you comfort
Even as you feel suffocated.
In life, darkness is a symbol of fear, anguish and misery.
But remember,
Before you entered this world you were in darkness.
You were in a comforting void where you developed and grew.
In dark times, this is where most growth lies,
And when light finally returns,
You were born new.
Bree Aug 7
No need for clocks
knowing in your bones that it’s 5:01 in the morning.
Time is being kept by something else now.
Waking in the mornings is effortless and free of any anxiety.
Every soft step taken is followed with weights falling. Burdens lifted. Coffee with the women. The men outside or in the barn
You clock in like it’s sport.
Bare minimum effort,
maximum proximity.
Enough to say you showed up -
not enough to matter.

I am the weather
you wade through
on the way to his sun.
Your shoes stay dry,
your conscience cleaner
than it deserves.

You breathe my warmth
like free air.
Touch softness
without ever asking
what it costs to be this open.

You sip from my life,
call it kind,
but only when it’s convenient.
When you’re not too busy
filing fantasies
under someone else’s name.

And still -
you linger.
You sit in the quiet I built,
wearing your smug smile
like a medal
you didn’t earn.

Trophies come with rules.
Show up.
Stay present.
Give a ****.

But you parade around
with your little ribbon of recognition,
plastic pride on a shelf
gathering dust.
Not for winning.
Just for being nearby
when something beautiful bloomed.

You didn’t plant a thing.
Didn’t water.
Didn’t tend.

But here you are,
touching the petals,
posing for the picture,
as if the garden
knows your name.
This isn’t about love lost. It’s about recognition never earned. It’s what happens when someone stands close enough to feel your warmth but never dares to offer their own. When they expect intimacy without investment, and mistake presence for participation. You don’t get a trophy for showing up when the work is already done.
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