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Zywa Jun 11
Recovery can

take a long time, like waiting --


for what is over.
Collection "Local tardiness"
Kngblaq Jun 8
𝙰 πš‹πš’πšπšπšŽπš›πšœπš πšŽπšŽπš πšŽπš‘πš™πšŽπš›πš’πšŽπš—πšŒπšŽ
πš‚πšŽπšŽπš”πš’πš—πš 𝚊 πšπš’πš–πšŽ πš•πš˜πšœπš πš’πš— πšπš›πšŠπš—πšŒπšŽ
π™°πš— πšŽπš—πšπšŠπš—πšπš•πšŽπš–πšŽπš—πš 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŠπšœπš πšŠπš—πš πšπšžπšπšžπš›πšŽ
𝙰 πš•πš˜πš—πšπš’πš—πš πšœπšŠπšπš’πšœπšπš’πšŽπš πš‹πš’ πšπš’πš–πšŽ'𝚜 πš™πš›πšŽπšœπšŒπš›πš’πš™πšπš’πš˜πš—

𝙰 πš πšŠπš•πš” πšŠπš•πš˜πš—πš πš•πš’πšπšŽ'𝚜 πš•πšŠπš—πšŽ
πš…πš’πš‹πš’πš—πš πš πš’πšπš‘ πšπš›πš’πšŽπš—πšπšœ πšŠπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš—πšŽπšœπš πšœπšπš›πšŠπš’πš—πšœ
𝙰 πš›πšŽπšŒπš˜πš•πš•πšŽπšŒπšπš’πš˜πš— 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 πšπš’πš–πšŽπšœ
𝙰 πšœπš’πš•πšŽπš—πš πšœπš˜πš•πšŽπš–πš— πš™πš›πšŠπš’πšŽπš› πšπš˜πš› πš‹πšŽπšπšπšŽπš› πšπš’πš–πšŽπšœ

𝙰 πš›πšŽπš—πšπšŽπš£πšŸπš˜πšžπšœ πšπš˜πš› "π™ΉπšŠπš–πšŠπš’πšœ 𝚟𝚞"
π™²πš›πšŠπšŸπš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŠπš πš˜πš•πš πšπšŠπš–πš’πš•πš’πšŠπš› πš–πš˜πš˜πšπšœ
𝙰 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝 πšπš˜πš› 𝚊 πšπš’πš–πšŽ πš•πš˜πšœπš
πš‚πšŠπš’πš•πš’πš—πš πšπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ πš–πšŽπš–πš˜πš›πš’πšŽπšœ πšπš›πš˜πšœπš

π™Άπš›πšŠπšπšŽπšπšžπš• πšπš‘πš˜πšžπšπš‘πšπšœ πš πš˜πšŸπšŽπš— 𝚊𝚜 πš˜πš—πšŽ
πš†πš’πšπš‘ πšœπš’πš—πšŒπšŽπš›πšŽ πš‘πšŽπšŠπš›πšπšœ πš πš’πš•πš•πš’πš—πš 𝚝𝚘 πšŒπšŠπš›πš›πš’ πš˜πš—
π™²πš‘πš˜πš˜πšœπš’πš—πš 𝚝𝚘 πš•πš’πšŸπšŽ πšŠπš‹πš˜πšŸπšŽ πš•πš’πšπšŽ'𝚜 πšŒπš˜πš–πš™πš•πšŽπš‘πš’πšπš’πšŽπšœ
π™°πš—πš πšœπšŽπš—πšœπš’πš—πš πš—πšŠπšπšžπš›πšŽ πšπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ πš™πšŽπš›πšœπš™πšŽπšŒπšπš’πšŸπšŽπšœ.
**π™ΉπšŠπš–πšŠπš’πšœ 𝚟𝚞 πš’πšœ πš πš‘πšŽπš— πšœπš˜πš–πšŽπšπš‘πš’πš—πš πšπšŠπš–πš’πš•πš’πšŠπš› πšœπšžπšπšπšŽπš—πš•πš’ πšπšŽπšŽπš•πšœ πšœπšπš›πšŠπš—πšπšŽ πš˜πš› πšžπš—πšπšŠπš–πš’πš•πš’πšŠπš›, 𝚊𝚜 πš’πš 𝚒𝚘𝚞'πš›πšŽ πšŽπš‘πš™πšŽπš›πš’πšŽπš—πšŒπš’πš—πš πš’πš πšπš˜πš› πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš›πšœπš πšπš’πš–πšŽ.
Jeremy Betts Jun 5
I sit and rot
Wishing I could turn back the clock
A thief in a thought
With a litany of failures to mock

Β©2025
Ken Pepiton May 31
Saturday, May 31, 2025
7:48 AM
Extra terrestrial mote in a sunbeam

curious particle thunk to death still
jiggling Brownianly, when adsorbed on my eye

β€œThree quarks for Muster Mork!”

Kworking out Complex Adaptive Systems.
In noumenon perceived, perhaps,
a whisp of wish we knew, perchance…
A noumenal flash,
and all the ever is, was,
at fundamental centrality
apparently expanding until

some initial torque inserts
curveball science allowing
bits to bang into bits and stick,
or carom off in predictable ways

like, as not, in theory.

Then, should one think onward still,

noumenal nominal notions
make letters let nonsense emanate
natural schemata muses index using

creative compulsion classically causing

an instant to cease.
A chance stack of insensibly important ideas
Lostling May 31
As I walk down the path well well-worn
I find myself
Missing the caress of droplets
On my arms,
The quiet murmur as they reconciled with the ground--
sha.... sha....
The cold puddles slipping into socks
And the memory of your umbrella
As we danced in the rain.
I love walking in the rain. It's hard to do that when everything has become so sheltered...
Lance Remir May 30
I hate you
When you smiled, I smiled
I wanted you to be happy

I hate you
When you were successful, I cheered
I always believed in you

I hate you
When you're dressed up, I gaspΒ 
I am taken by you yet again

I hate you
When you grew, I admired
I knew you were meant for more

I hate you
When you moved on, I stayed
I am always waiting for you

I hate you
When you faded away, I cried
I will only be a memory to you

I hate you
When you were in my life, I knew
I truly did love youΒ 

I hate you
Despite everything, I beggedΒ 
That I could actually hate you
The sharp taps of the clock await my silence to break free from my wistful whisperβ€”to never hear it while my eyes are shot open, to find my nerve and trigger itβ€”as the sadness carefully passes through my system. Too far gone to care, leaving me paralyzed in a cold, soft, sinking bed.

It was a momentary piece where my head had the sensation of being stroked like piano keys, where a soft yet disturbing melody filled the place, and I closed my eyes, lulling me to my deep slumber.

There’s that unknown peace where a deep slumber could lead to an eternal doomβ€”where the past, the present, and the future collide together, where everything exists together, whether in a beautiful song that’s pieced together, or loneliness held in thousands of agonies.

One thing is for sure, I have the guts to love the doomsday, and all things are possible because it is the end of May.
I haven’t been writing for months already. Maybe because I use my time to stuff my soul with the tasks in my work. Lately, I have not been feeling well. I know in my soul, there is an itch of hopelessness and anxiety. But I’m holding myself together.

For myself today, and for myself in the future.

I was able to come back into writing because of this song: Staying - Lizzy McAlpine
Reece May 27
Letting go is just a way to cope,
With the truth that some things are just out of our control.
We can hope that things get better,
That it’s just some unpleasant weather,
But in the end, it’s best to just let it go.
No need to drown in β€œWhat ifs?”
A waste of mental resources.
Multitasking,
And balancing,
The grief,
While remembering,
What we had,
Seems like an eternity ago.
I’ll bury those times,
Beneath a tree,
And plant a rose.
In the end,
It feels freeing,
To just let it go.
Sometimes it's best...to just let it go.
Lostling May 25
2016
You're hurt.
You might not have registered it, but he hurt you.
Many more people will hurt you in the same way.
They will make you feel worthless and replaceable, but you will find friends who stay.

2017
For the first time
You’re mourning for someone you never got to know.
Your mother is hurtingβ€”
You feel everything but you won’t understand until till you’re older.

2018
You love him,
But not in the way you think you do.
It won’t stop you from writing letters and holding his hand.
You'll spend many nights humiliated by your actions
And the next six years running away.

2019
You’ll understand sacrifice before you understand suicide,
And realise that everyone becomes orphans
And feel guilt for not paying rent to your parents.
You are not a burden.

2020
You feel trapped and scared
Feeling your fear rise along with the numbers.
But the storm will pass and it will be nothing but a common flu.

2022
For the first 6 months you’ll say your goodbyes
Then you’ll start public school in the middle of the year
You’ll learn profanities you had previously been sheltered from
Papers will pile on your shoulders and you will scream and sob as your soul is shredded over and over again.
You will learn of self harm. You will learn of insomnia.

2023
You will finally be able to name classmates
And race against the boys in PE. You will become class monitor.
You will have demons who shriek lies but also friends who will cover your ears to protect you.
You will wake up everyday with the knowledge that the death of your class is coming.
You telling stories, and stopped writing them too
You will finally talk to him about your mistakes 6 years ago, and leave the scout group in his hands

2024
You will watch as the group chat falls apart.
With you tearing yourself to try and keep the rotting bonds together.
You will tear your throat open screaming, because no one understand why at it's like to feel everything through the screen.
You will try to replace them with your new class, only to be let down again and again.
You will start to write all the hurt in rhymes, spilling your blood over the paper.
You will finally understand suicide, and why people want to die
You will also realise that a friend tried to jump two years ago, and you knew nothing about it.
You will find a find a friend willing to be the harmony to your melody, even if both of you tend to miscommunicate

2025
You've will meet will want to leave school, but also want to stay
You've will meet wonderful people on this website
Listen to their stories; cry for them, fear for them, pray for them
Want to know them better but still be too scared to do so
You will be insecure and distance yourself from friends.
You'll be scared to hurt them.
You’ll hold back because you feel like you’re too much. Don’t go silent.
But the year isn't over yet, so you've got time
If I could write a note to each year’s version of myself

For those who actually read the whole thing you have no idea how much that means to me. Thank you, I appreciate you so much <3
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