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I made a decision— it lingers, enshrouding my mind; the crescent of burning delight pulls at tonight’s darkness, as a flicker of light, but also sliver of fright. My skin burns under its weight, while wisdom crowns me in sleep; I dreamt of it all— and still, I woke up uncertain. On the hot tarmac of my dreams I’m nothing but gravel, caught beneath the speed of passing lives. _Small. Unnoticed._ Wishing to be seen— but wishing is a two-edged lie; a blade that glitters hope yet cuts down to thought. There’s a verse written in every tear, a scripture memorized by sorrow, and the ocean inside me pours outward, salt and prayer, a flood no shore can contain. And still, somehow, I give birth to these shallow poems— though maybe shallow is just another way to say they carry depth beneath the surface. In the end, I return to the same place: the edge of decision, where all of it—a dream, a wish, or a word— is nothing, until I choose. And so I made a decision— a circle closing on itself, the beginning rewritten, the same words, but now carved deeper in stone.
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Oct 6, 2025
Oct 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM UTC
The Circle of Decision
1st step. 2nd. 3rd— ...pause. 2 steps back. reset. again. again. How does it end? I ask like I haven’t already broken the answer in my hands a hundred times. One moment, I swear I see the path— lit, clear, like maybe I was meant for more. The next, I’m sinking into myself, slow, silent, like grief with no name. Hope is a ghost I keep chasing in my sleep. She never stays. Not for me. I smile like it means something. Breathe like I’m not falling apart every second I’m awake. No one sees the cracks I carry in my chest. I call it progress, this pretending. But it’s just a prettier way to bleed. How will it turn out? Maybe it won’t. Maybe this— this looping, this aching— is the only ending I’ll ever know.
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Apr 21, 2025
Apr 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM UTC
The Next Moment I...