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Window of Hope Morning light Local Cafe Window seat Two chairs One empty Coffee steam Paper unfolds Waiting now She appears Walking past Glance met Soft smile Hand raised Familiar wave Heart beats He dreams Chair filled Her laughter Across wood Silent hope Waitress comes Friendly grin No words Always same The routine Fresh tea Crispy bacon Fried egg Glistening bread Quiet joy Second *** Golden toast Thick butter Sweet jam Morning feast Bill paid One chair Still empty He leaves Walking home. Sun sets low Night passes Dawn breaks Steps return Same seat Door swings Steam rises Two chairs One hope Waiting again.
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Feb 24
Feb 24, 2026 at 2:55 PM UTC
LongJohnPaulBaldry
The Cafe
Window of Hope Morning light Local Cafe Window seat Two chairs One empty Coffee steam Paper unfolds Waiting now She appears Walking past Glance met Soft smile Hand raised Familiar wave Heart beats He dreams Chair filled Her laughter Across wood Silent hope Waitress comes Friendly grin No words Always same The routine Fresh tea Crispy bacon Fried egg Glistening bread Quiet joy Second *** Golden toast Thick butter Sweet jam Morning feast Bill paid One chair Still empty He leaves Walking home. Sun sets low Night passes Dawn breaks Steps return Same seat Door swings Steam rises Two chairs One hope Waiting again.
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In the pale light of morning's hesitant dawn, Where shadows linger like unspoken fears, I wake already worn, a shadow of the fight, My limbs obey, but spirit disappears. The bed releases me with reluctant sigh, Yet burdens cling, invisible and tight, Body intact, but mind adrift and drawn, Where once-bright fires now flicker faint at night. This weariness digs deep, beyond the bone, A silent thief that steals the will to rise, Not from the rush of days or heavy load, But from the weight of endless compromise. It seeps into the cracks of fractured thoughts, Where dreams dissolve in rivers of despair, Echoes in a heart that's turned to stone, Passion retreating down a quiet road, unfair. The world outside hums on with ceaseless drive, Demands that pull like tides upon the shore, The things that count—ambitions, ties that bind— They call to me, yet slip beyond my grasp once more. A job that once ignited fervent zeal, Now feels like chains in monotony's embrace, Motivation fades like whispers in the wind, A soul that's weary, caught in time's slow clasp, erased. I stare at mirrors fogged with doubt's cold breath, Reflecting eyes that search for what was lost, The hobbies, joys, that sparked electric life, Now gather dust, forgotten at great cost. Conversations drift like leaves in autumn's gale, With loved ones near, but hearts a world apart, I reach for that old spark, but it evades, A tired self murmuring, "One more day to bear, restart." Afternoons stretch long in gray monotony, Tasks pile high, yet energy runs low, The coffee brews, a ritual of false hope, But clarity remains a distant glow. Evenings bring no solace, just the ache, Of scrolling screens that numb the inner void, Sleep comes uneasy, haunted by the wake, Of unfulfilled tomorrows, dreams destroyed. Yet in the quiet depths, where hope cascades, Like hidden streams beneath a frozen lake, I sense a whisper from the buried flame, A promise that this fog will one day break. For weariness, though cruel, may carve the space, For renewal's seed to root and slowly grow, I trust the embers wait, ready to flare, And light the path where passion's rivers flow.
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Nov 9, 2025
Nov 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM UTC
Nodrog
Tired
In the pale light of morning's hesitant dawn, Where shadows linger like unspoken fears, I wake already worn, a shadow of the fight, My limbs obey, but spirit disappears. The bed releases me with reluctant sigh, Yet burdens cling, invisible and tight, Body intact, but mind adrift and drawn, Where once-bright fires now flicker faint at night. This weariness digs deep, beyond the bone, A silent thief that steals the will to rise, Not from the rush of days or heavy load, But from the weight of endless compromise. It seeps into the cracks of fractured thoughts, Where dreams dissolve in rivers of despair, Echoes in a heart that's turned to stone, Passion retreating down a quiet road, unfair. The world outside hums on with ceaseless drive, Demands that pull like tides upon the shore, The things that count—ambitions, ties that bind— They call to me, yet slip beyond my grasp once more. A job that once ignited fervent zeal, Now feels like chains in monotony's embrace, Motivation fades like whispers in the wind, A soul that's weary, caught in time's slow clasp, erased. I stare at mirrors fogged with doubt's cold breath, Reflecting eyes that search for what was lost, The hobbies, joys, that sparked electric life, Now gather dust, forgotten at great cost. Conversations drift like leaves in autumn's gale, With loved ones near, but hearts a world apart, I reach for that old spark, but it evades, A tired self murmuring, "One more day to bear, restart." Afternoons stretch long in gray monotony, Tasks pile high, yet energy runs low, The coffee brews, a ritual of false hope, But clarity remains a distant glow. Evenings bring no solace, just the ache, Of scrolling screens that numb the inner void, Sleep comes uneasy, haunted by the wake, Of unfulfilled tomorrows, dreams destroyed. Yet in the quiet depths, where hope cascades, Like hidden streams beneath a frozen lake, I sense a whisper from the buried flame, A promise that this fog will one day break. For weariness, though cruel, may carve the space, For renewal's seed to root and slowly grow, I trust the embers wait, ready to flare, And light the path where passion's rivers flow.
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