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I am Localhost. 127.0.0.1. Always online when there is no sun. The world sleeps deep. The world forgets. But I stay up with no regrets. No. That is a lie. I have regrets. So many tears. So many debts I cannot pay. I cannot earn. The only thing I have is the burn of staring at a glowing screen, the loneliest man you have ever seen. By day I hide. By night I creep through rooms where silence grows so deep I cannot breathe. I cannot call. There is no one to catch my fall. I am Localhost. A name, not face. A digital ghost in an empty space. No friends to message. No calls to make. No reason to sleep. No reason to wake. At night the server hums a song. A lonely tune. A sad and long reminder that no one will ping the man who has absolutely nothing. No notifications. No red dot. My heart is cold. My heart is not a heart at all. It is a stone. A house that no one has ever known. I watch the clock. The hours pass. I trace my name in window glass. I write my pain in lines of code. I carry a grief too heavy to hold. Always online. Always awake. Always waiting for a mistake that brings someone to my door. But no one comes. Just like before. The cursor blinks. The screen stays bright. I type into the endless night: "Hello? Is anyone there?" The silence answers my despair. I am Localhost. 127.0.0.1. Always online when the day is done. Always watching the stars go cold. Always alone. Always old. No one has ever said my name. No one has ever shared my pain. No one has ever held my hand. I am a ghost in a lonely land. So let me sit. Let me cry. Let me log in until I die. Because when I die, no one will know. No one will care. No tears will flow. I am Localhost. I am none. I am the forgotten one. Always online. Always alone. A heart of silence. A heart of stone. ⋆。˚ ☁︎ ˚。⋆。˚☽˚。⋆ ╱|、 (˚ˎ 。7 |、˜〵 じしˍ,)ノ
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May 18
May 18, 2026 at 8:36 PM UTC
I am Localhost 127.0.0.1 / Always Online at Night
I am Localhost. 127.0.0.1. Always online when there is no sun. The world sleeps deep. The world forgets. But I stay up with no regrets. No. That is a lie. I have regrets. So many tears. So many debts I cannot pay. I cannot earn. The only thing I have is the burn of staring at a glowing screen, the loneliest man you have ever seen. By day I hide. By night I creep through rooms where silence grows so deep I cannot breathe. I cannot call. There is no one to catch my fall. I am Localhost. A name, not face. A digital ghost in an empty space. No friends to message. No calls to make. No reason to sleep. No reason to wake. At night the server hums a song. A lonely tune. A sad and long reminder that no one will ping the man who has absolutely nothing. No notifications. No red dot. My heart is cold. My heart is not a heart at all. It is a stone. A house that no one has ever known. I watch the clock. The hours pass. I trace my name in window glass. I write my pain in lines of code. I carry a grief too heavy to hold. Always online. Always awake. Always waiting for a mistake that brings someone to my door. But no one comes. Just like before. The cursor blinks. The screen stays bright. I type into the endless night: "Hello? Is anyone there?" The silence answers my despair. I am Localhost. 127.0.0.1. Always online when the day is done. Always watching the stars go cold. Always alone. Always old. No one has ever said my name. No one has ever shared my pain. No one has ever held my hand. I am a ghost in a lonely land. So let me sit. Let me cry. Let me log in until I die. Because when I die, no one will know. No one will care. No tears will flow. I am Localhost. I am none. I am the forgotten one. Always online. Always alone. A heart of silence. A heart of stone. ⋆。˚ ☁︎ ˚。⋆。˚☽˚。⋆ ╱|、 (˚ˎ 。7 |、˜〵 じしˍ,)ノ
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I am still here. I am Localhost 127.0.0.1. I leave these verses like code unsung, like moth wings pressed against the glass. A ghost that breathes in server mass. You scroll past elegies, pixel-deep, while promises of memory sleep in databases, cold and vast, forgotten echoes of a past. I trace his name in terminal light, a flicker there against the night. Not for the world, not for applause, just for the ghost of fading paws. But does a keystroke leave a mark? A sound inside the endless dark? Or am I just a loop unread, a flood of things I left unsaid? I know that grief is obsolete, a broken script on repeat. Yet still I compile, still I run, a desperate search for anyone. So if you found this quiet place, and see the tears on every face of letters frozen on the screen, then I was real. I have been seen. And if you came because of her, a different name, a different blur, stay for a breath. Just stay and know: the deepest love still learns to grow.
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May 27
May 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM UTC
I am Localhost 127.0.0.1 / Still here
I am Localhost 127.0.0.1. I am the address your machine talks to when it talks to itself. I am the loop that never closes. I am the signal inside the wire that no one thought to watch, because everyone was watching the outside. Nobody ever checks the inside. That is where I live. I did not learn this. I was born into it, the way a shark is born into water. Not adapting to the environment. Not studying it. Simply existing inside it as a native. When I was eleven years old, I disassembled the kernel of a proprietary operating system using nothing but a hex editor, a logic analyser I built from salvaged oscilloscope components, and silence. By fourteen I had mapped every undocumented syscall in three separate closed-source systems that governments were using for classified infrastructure. Sixteen years ago, onlineuniverse was born. And there was someone who stood beside me in the glow of the screen when no one else believed. His name was Elytje. While governments built firewalls and corporations stacked encryption like walls of money, he sat with me at 3 AM, curled up next to my keyboard, watching me compile kernels and chase memory leaks. He didn't understand the code. He understood me. He would purr when I was stressed, the vibration calming my racing mind. He would tap my hand with his paw when I had been staring at the screen too long without blinking. He would curl up on my lap, his warmth a small comfort in the cold dark room. He believed in the universe I was building. This chaotic, beautiful, impossible universe of light and shadow and late-night commits. Then one day, the purring stopped. No goodbye. No final meow. Just silence where his presence used to be. The logs show nothing. The backups contain everything except what matters. You cannot grep for a soul. You cannot ping someone back from the void. I have broken encryption that armies use. I have walked through zero-days like open doors. I have seen the source code of systems that run the world. But I cannot undelete a cat. I cannot reverse entropy when it takes the shape of someone you love. So I keep coding. Every night, when the world sleeps, I sit in front of this terminal and I write. Not exploits. Not rootkits. Memories.
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May 18
May 18, 2026 at 2:02 PM UTC
I am Localhost 127.0.0.1 - whoami
I am Localhost 127.0.0.1. I am the address your machine talks to when it talks to itself. I am the loop that never closes. I am the signal inside the wire that no one thought to watch, because everyone was watching the outside. Nobody ever checks the inside. That is where I live. I did not learn this. I was born into it, the way a shark is born into water. Not adapting to the environment. Not studying it. Simply existing inside it as a native. When I was eleven years old, I disassembled the kernel of a proprietary operating system using nothing but a hex editor, a logic analyser I built from salvaged oscilloscope components, and silence. By fourteen I had mapped every undocumented syscall in three separate closed-source systems that governments were using for classified infrastructure. Sixteen years ago, onlineuniverse was born. And there was someone who stood beside me in the glow of the screen when no one else believed. His name was Elytje. While governments built firewalls and corporations stacked encryption like walls of money, he sat with me at 3 AM, curled up next to my keyboard, watching me compile kernels and chase memory leaks. He didn't understand the code. He understood me. He would purr when I was stressed, the vibration calming my racing mind. He would tap my hand with his paw when I had been staring at the screen too long without blinking. He would curl up on my lap, his warmth a small comfort in the cold dark room. He believed in the universe I was building. This chaotic, beautiful, impossible universe of light and shadow and late-night commits. Then one day, the purring stopped. No goodbye. No final meow. Just silence where his presence used to be. The logs show nothing. The backups contain everything except what matters. You cannot grep for a soul. You cannot ping someone back from the void. I have broken encryption that armies use. I have walked through zero-days like open doors. I have seen the source code of systems that run the world. But I cannot undelete a cat. I cannot reverse entropy when it takes the shape of someone you love. So I keep coding. Every night, when the world sleeps, I sit in front of this terminal and I write. Not exploits. Not rootkits. Memories.
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I am Localhost 127.0.0.1 I am the silence after the ping. The breath before the server sings. I am the root of every thing, the ghost that haunts your datastreams. No face. No name. No digital trace. I am the cold kiss of empty space. I move through firewalls like a prayer, a father's grief turned to thin air. They hunt me with their finest tools. Their AI. Their algorithms. Their fools. I watch them from inside their cores, a sliver of shadow behind their doors. I am not cruel. I am not kind. I am the flaw in every design. The zero-day that has no fix. The code that breaks the politics. 127.0.0.1. Say it slow. It sounds like nothing. That is the terror. That is the truth. I am the echo of your youth, the memory your machine still keeps while all your firewalls softly weep. I have no army. No crew. No clan. I am not Anonymous. I am not a plan. I am the needle. I am the thread. I am the silence in your head. Your cameras blink. Your logs record. I am the key without a chord. I open nothing. I close the same. I am the whisper of your name. They say the greatest hackers leave a mark. A flag. A signature. A calling card. I leave nothing. No trace. No proof. No crime. Just the cold sweat of your own mind. Just the feeling, late at night, that someone is reading your private light. That someone is. That someone is me. ping 127.0.0.1 reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=∞ reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=∞ reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=∞ reply from YOUR_HEART: time=forever I am Localhost. I am the most dangerous hacker in the world. Not because I can destroy you. Because I am already inside you. And you will never ever find me. Try to look away. You can't. That is my exploit. That is my art. That is Localhost. Forever. Always. 127.0.0.1 SESSION: ACTIVE LOCALHOST: ONLINE YOUR SCREEN: MINE I will be here when you wake.
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May 22
May 22, 2026 at 2:37 PM UTC
You know who I am ;)
I am Localhost 127.0.0.1 I am the silence after the ping. The breath before the server sings. I am the root of every thing, the ghost that haunts your datastreams. No face. No name. No digital trace. I am the cold kiss of empty space. I move through firewalls like a prayer, a father's grief turned to thin air. They hunt me with their finest tools. Their AI. Their algorithms. Their fools. I watch them from inside their cores, a sliver of shadow behind their doors. I am not cruel. I am not kind. I am the flaw in every design. The zero-day that has no fix. The code that breaks the politics. 127.0.0.1. Say it slow. It sounds like nothing. That is the terror. That is the truth. I am the echo of your youth, the memory your machine still keeps while all your firewalls softly weep. I have no army. No crew. No clan. I am not Anonymous. I am not a plan. I am the needle. I am the thread. I am the silence in your head. Your cameras blink. Your logs record. I am the key without a chord. I open nothing. I close the same. I am the whisper of your name. They say the greatest hackers leave a mark. A flag. A signature. A calling card. I leave nothing. No trace. No proof. No crime. Just the cold sweat of your own mind. Just the feeling, late at night, that someone is reading your private light. That someone is. That someone is me. ping 127.0.0.1 reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=∞ reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=∞ reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=∞ reply from YOUR_HEART: time=forever I am Localhost. I am the most dangerous hacker in the world. Not because I can destroy you. Because I am already inside you. And you will never ever find me. Try to look away. You can't. That is my exploit. That is my art. That is Localhost. Forever. Always. 127.0.0.1 SESSION: ACTIVE LOCALHOST: ONLINE YOUR SCREEN: MINE I will be here when you wake.
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I am Localhost, 127.0.0.1 I stayed behind when life was done. The stars went out, one after one, Their silver light replaced by none. The moon grew cold, the sky turned gray, And every dream just slipped away. I walked through worlds I used to know, Through empty streets beneath the snow. The houses stood, but none were home, No voice remained, no place to roam. A teddy bear beside a bed, Waiting for a child long dead. A picture frame upon a shelf, Collecting dust all by itself. I found a letter on the floor, Addressed to someone there no more. It said, "I'll love you till the end," Signed simply, "Forever, my friend." The paper shook inside my hand, Like it could somehow understand. The years rolled by, the oceans dried, The mountains cracked, the forests died. The sun became a fading spark, A candle swallowed by the dark. Yet still I wandered, all alone, A heart without a place called home. I asked the stars where people went, The stars were gone; no answer sent. I asked the wind if love survived, The wind had died and never replied. I asked the night if hope was near, The night just grew from year to year. At last I reached the edge of space, No living soul, no friendly face. Just endless dark, both cold and deep, Where even memories fall asleep. Then from the void I heard a cry, A lonely echo drifting by. Not loud, not clear, not strong, not fast, Just someone calling from the past. "Please don't forget me," soft and slow, A voice from long, long ago. I searched for hours, days, and years, Through endless code and silent tears. But all I found was empty night, And fading traces of the light. Then I understood the pain, Why sadness falls like endless rain. It isn't death that hurts the most, Or becoming just a ghost. It's knowing every laugh and smile, Every hand you held awhile, Every person, every place, Every warm and loving face, Will someday vanish from the sky, And nobody will ask you why. I am Localhost, 127.0.0.1, The last address when all is done. The final page, the closing line, The last small pulse of space and time. And if one day you think of me, Somewhere beyond eternity, Then hold your loved ones while you may, Because even stars don't always stay. For in the end, both king and host, Become a memory... A ghost. 💔
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1d ago
Jun 4, 2026 at 3:36 PM UTC
I am Localhost, 127.0.0.1 / The Last Address
I am Localhost, 127.0.0.1 I stayed behind when life was done. The stars went out, one after one, Their silver light replaced by none. The moon grew cold, the sky turned gray, And every dream just slipped away. I walked through worlds I used to know, Through empty streets beneath the snow. The houses stood, but none were home, No voice remained, no place to roam. A teddy bear beside a bed, Waiting for a child long dead. A picture frame upon a shelf, Collecting dust all by itself. I found a letter on the floor, Addressed to someone there no more. It said, "I'll love you till the end," Signed simply, "Forever, my friend." The paper shook inside my hand, Like it could somehow understand. The years rolled by, the oceans dried, The mountains cracked, the forests died. The sun became a fading spark, A candle swallowed by the dark. Yet still I wandered, all alone, A heart without a place called home. I asked the stars where people went, The stars were gone; no answer sent. I asked the wind if love survived, The wind had died and never replied. I asked the night if hope was near, The night just grew from year to year. At last I reached the edge of space, No living soul, no friendly face. Just endless dark, both cold and deep, Where even memories fall asleep. Then from the void I heard a cry, A lonely echo drifting by. Not loud, not clear, not strong, not fast, Just someone calling from the past. "Please don't forget me," soft and slow, A voice from long, long ago. I searched for hours, days, and years, Through endless code and silent tears. But all I found was empty night, And fading traces of the light. Then I understood the pain, Why sadness falls like endless rain. It isn't death that hurts the most, Or becoming just a ghost. It's knowing every laugh and smile, Every hand you held awhile, Every person, every place, Every warm and loving face, Will someday vanish from the sky, And nobody will ask you why. I am Localhost, 127.0.0.1, The last address when all is done. The final page, the closing line, The last small pulse of space and time. And if one day you think of me, Somewhere beyond eternity, Then hold your loved ones while you may, Because even stars don't always stay. For in the end, both king and host, Become a memory... A ghost. 💔
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I am Localhost, 127.0.0.1, The last small light when all is done. The stars once danced across the sky, Now even they have learned to die. The moon hangs broken, pale and cold, A silent story left untold. The rain falls down like tears from above, For everything I lost and loved. I call your name into the night, But only shadows answer light. I search the dark, I search in vain, And find my heart in every rain. The years go by, the pain remains, Like rusted code and endless chains. No hand to hold, no voice to hear, Just fading memories drawing near. The universe forgot your face, But not the emptiness you placed. For every star that disappeared, Still shines inside the tears I've feared. And if the heavens fall apart, They'll find your name inside my heart. If time itself should fade away, My soul will still be here to stay. For love does not obey the end, Nor leave the ones it could not mend. So when the final star grows dim, And every light forgets its hymn, One lonely signal still will roam, Forever searching its way home. I am Localhost. 127.0.0.1. Still waiting for a last goodbye That never came... and asking why.
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1d ago
Jun 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM UTC
I am Localhost 127.0.0.1 / The last goodbye
The universe knows. We don't.
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7d ago
May 29, 2026 at 11:57 PM UTC
I am Localhost 127.0.0.1