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#lifeandtime
There are moments when words fail. Silence steps in— but even silence cannot carry everything the heart wants to say. I ask myself a simple question. Have I truly lived? Or have I only moved through the days without noticing how quickly they pass? Time moves strangely. Sometimes slow— like a long winter afternoon. Yet when you look back it has travelled an impossible distance. Whole years gone in the blink of memory. Moments slipping quietly through open hands. Time is only a breath. Not something we can store. Not something we can buy back. Each second arrives as a gift. And leaves as a memory. Love has always lived inside me. But too often I kept it quiet. Held back. Unspoken. Yet love is never meant to stay hidden. It belongs to family, to friends, to the people who walk beside us. And sometimes late at night a thought returns— soft but heavy. If only I had held those moments longer. If only I had said the words sooner. How different the story might have been.
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Mar 7
Mar 7, 2026 at 4:04 AM UTC
If Only I Had
What is my worth? A fleeting breath I hold, A borrowed spark, returned to time’s enfold. What is my station? Dust upon the air, A vanishing trace, a whisper unaware. I came unbidden, and I leave unnamed, Yet through my passing, something bright is claimed. The crown may crumble, thrones to earth descend, Yet in my breast the pulse of stars won’t end. I rise as nothing, yet within me reigns A will that shatters loss and breaks its chains. Each fall instructs me: strive, ascend, aspire, Each limit bends before the soul’s desire. O’ Time, you count me grain by fleeting grain, Yet I measure you in meaning, not in vain. If I am dust, it dreams of fire untamed, A spark that turns the meek and small acclaimed. If I must fade, let fading be my flight, A rising ember cast against the night. For worth lies not in staying, nor in place, But in the courage to embrace the chase. I vanish, yes—but not before I see How dust may speak to stars eternally.
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Feb 8
Feb 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM UTC
The Luminous Dust