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#selfless
today someone told me, that I'm one tough cookie, but here's the thing. I think I'm the kind of tough cookie not many favour; the oatmeal raisin kind, not very sweet, often bland and stale, even hard to bite into. I wish I'm a soft cookie, the one doughy in the middle, because being soft makes you wanted. I'm the kind where people don't willingly stick their hand inside the cookie jar; because this tough cookie isn't even worth it to grab.
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May 13
May 13, 2026 at 12:54 PM UTC
one tough cookie
Surrounded by people, confined in society. If you think people are not needed, then what gives you meaning? Raziel Vale
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Apr 30
Apr 30, 2026 at 9:37 AM UTC
People- A Quote
It was her duty, She knew that, But it didn’t nullify her fear, It didn’t prevent the ball of anxiety From wrapping around her stomach And choking her entrails Tendrils of dread seep into her chest cavity Digging into her untainted heart Leaving marks She was honored to be chosen, She knew that, But it didn’t stop the silent rage from building In a place so deep inside her Not even they can take it away It was her fate, It was what she was born for, Without it she has no purpose She knew that, But it didn’t negate the tearing sensation Across her unblemished skin The unbearable pain, It didn’t stop her muffled screams from escaping It didn’t stop the tears Her white robes stain vermillion The brightness in her eyes taken Her innocence snatched away for the Greater good They all cheer For her selfless sacrifice She atoned for them What that meant, she didn’t know.
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Apr 2
Apr 2, 2026 at 10:55 AM UTC
A Sacrifice For The Many
I give without asking, I stay without proof, I build you a shelter, Out of my roof; I don’t need a thank you, I don’t need a prize, I just want you safe, In front of my eyes; Some love is a flame, That burns to be seen, But mine is a lamp, Quiet and clean.
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Feb 23
Feb 23, 2026 at 9:54 AM UTC
Agape
(Part 01) As the dawn arrived, the cold breeze swept the belt of yellow sand with her fragile delicate fingertips, till the sun dipped low and melted into the seas of tears, for the moon to take a flight into the skies to have a ballet with the stars.
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Jul 4, 2025
Jul 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM UTC
It differs... - Sacrificing
Fingers all stretched, your arms wide opened; As the mighty skies shed their solemn tear drops. By them, you soaked the veined roots gently, until green tender leaves dance in delight;— Not earning a single smile. But why? Why did you reach out your bare hands to get scratched by thorns?
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Jun 27, 2025
Jun 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM UTC
Ode to River Nile
Life is nothing but relationships..   Relationships is nothing but breakup   Breakup is nothing but a heartbreak   Heartbreak is nothing but a self doubt..   Self doubt is nothing but a insecurities.   Insecurities are nothing but a selfless..   Selfless
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Jun 5, 2025
Jun 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM UTC
Selfless Relationship
Im alive but I feel im not living, atleast not for my self I live to serve and die to feel I always wanted to go to run free like a leaf in the wind but I sit in place like a flower only wanted for visual appeal thrown to the side once I wilt my own body is not only mine he told me 'I need you alive' When I first heard that It sounded sweet like a twisted condolance but now I see how my life is a commodity some thing to be had My mother made me with a servantful heart one that caused me to feel it was always my fault I stayed up late to raise babies and got up early to learn how to get my self out of the situation because a 'woman is always more vulnerable' My mothers own words that meant for me to succeed as much as a man I would need to work my life away.
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Apr 29, 2025
Apr 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM UTC
Born to Serve
The word beauty resonates in her vicinity, in her presence I shall escape reality. The northern lights reside in her eyes, the rest of my life my love for  her shall never die. Each thorn of a rose I shall pick, so in her hands they won't ***** To love her was not my choice but fate, the rest of my life for her I shall dedicate. Her gentle touch arose the lonely heart, my love for her shall never depart. Even if I am lost at sea or during the darkest days, just her thought brings me solace. Seems that her beauty has captured my mind, when I'm with her nothing else I try to find. Even if we die, our love will not cease to exist till the end of time.
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Apr 3, 2025
Apr 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM UTC
FOREVER
How deep does adoration run? When is something fully selfless? If the blade had pierced an inch to the side, If the metal had torn through blood as much as fat, Would the deed have been done? If the precious life had spilled like ichor, If the slitting had ended in death, Would she have gone through, The way the blade went through her flesh? How selfless is selfless, really, When it comes at little cost, To anyone other than the others? When is such harm justified? What else to we see, and let slip? How often to we twist and turn the words in our mouths, Spin them around in our minds until they make sense to us? How often to we change the core of a phrase, Puff ourselves up with false knowledge and say that no, I was in the right all along? How often are we ourselves Orual, Shunning the Gods for mistakes we’ve made ourselves? How often to we like to think we’re Psyche, Calm and fearless in the face of prosecution? How often are we, ourselves, the prosecutors? And when do we let it end? How many times have we been no more than the Fox, Scorning those who believe in what we call fairy tales, Modern magic to which we love to turn up our noses? How long does an act last, I wonder, Before it becomes as real as the skin we wear on our bones? How much of our reality becomes shrivelled, Hiding in our veins the way Orual hid behind the Queen? How many times, I ask, Is that truly safer than the alternative? How many of us hide behind shallow veils, Dig the old selves barren graves? How much of our life is no longer real? How long will it last? And think, for a moment, Of the truth you may believe in? How often does it shine like the oil lamp, How often are we revealed and punish? How often to we destroy when seen? How many times, do you think, We spend setting up impassable trials, To keep ourselves hidden? How many people, do you think, Have truly past those courses? Who do you actually know? And who, reader, truly knows you? How much of ourselves is a veil? Do we even know who we are?
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Dec 8, 2024
Dec 8, 2024 at 8:18 PM UTC
Till We Have Faces - Poetry Reflection
How deep does adoration run? When is something fully selfless? If the blade had pierced an inch to the side, If the metal had torn through blood as much as fat, Would the deed have been done? If the precious life had spilled like ichor, If the slitting had ended in death, Would she have gone through, The way the blade went through her flesh? How selfless is selfless, really, When it comes at little cost, To anyone other than the others? When is such harm justified? What else to we see, and let slip? How often to we twist and turn the words in our mouths, Spin them around in our minds until they make sense to us? How often to we change the core of a phrase, Puff ourselves up with false knowledge and say that no, I was in the right all along? How often are we ourselves Orual, Shunning the Gods for mistakes we’ve made ourselves? How often to we like to think we’re Psyche, Calm and fearless in the face of prosecution? How often are we, ourselves, the prosecutors? And when do we let it end? How many times have we been no more than the Fox, Scorning those who believe in what we call fairy tales, Modern magic to which we love to turn up our noses? How long does an act last, I wonder, Before it becomes as real as the skin we wear on our bones? How much of our reality becomes shrivelled, Hiding in our veins the way Orual hid behind the Queen? How many times, I ask, Is that truly safer than the alternative? How many of us hide behind shallow veils, Dig the old selves barren graves? How much of our life is no longer real? How long will it last? And think, for a moment, Of the truth you may believe in? How often does it shine like the oil lamp, How often are we revealed and punish? How often to we destroy when seen? How many times, do you think, We spend setting up impassable trials, To keep ourselves hidden? How many people, do you think, Have truly past those courses? Who do you actually know? And who, reader, truly knows you? How much of ourselves is a veil? Do we even know who we are?
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The Weak are Martyred The Stronge die Slowly over Time. It's easy to go out in a Blaze of Glory for a Cause. It's much harder to get up and Fight the Battle day after day Until the Cause is Won.
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Apr 25, 2024
Apr 25, 2024 at 1:19 AM UTC
Eternal Flame 🔥
she may have claimed that she could always find one of those rare desperately sought four-leaf clovers amongst any cluster that had sprouted amidst the grass and **** growth of park or pasture but never once did she try to find one for me
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Sep 18, 2023
Sep 18, 2023 at 9:58 AM UTC
in clover
People who give love to others should do it without any conditions. Unfortunately so many people place conditions on love for other people. That is not selfless nor free.
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Aug 19, 2022
Aug 19, 2022 at 11:30 PM UTC
Love without conditions
I've got letters in my notebook that I've never read for you, I wanted you to read them, but you had better things to do.. I wrote some of them in red ink, and some of them in black. Some of them are bitter 'cause you'll never take me back.. I've got letters in my notebook that you'll never want to read.. but these bitter tears that stained them are all the love I'll ever need.. There's more to life than loneliness, more to love than who you've lost, more to hope than disappointment because a blurry line's been crossed. I wrote you one more letter.. one you'll never have to read.. It says, "The purest kind of love is the love you give and don't receive."
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Nov 10, 2021
Nov 10, 2021 at 11:34 PM UTC
Letters in my Notebook
Carpe diem my *** you don't catch the moment you don't capture life you just take what you please and then leave me with ease you just do as you say nothing really matters not tomorrow and not today you wash your hands ***** them up and dry 'em on my spine then you raise your belt your stomach full your brain dead all around people are stopping glass from breaking but your gaze is lost into the future a future where I don't exist and my figure is but a vague image lost in the mass grave of shadows you've met and forgotten while I took on more And more And more scars on my back from carrying all of your weight but you don't see You are at peace no better place for you than someone else taking the fall
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Oct 18, 2021
Oct 18, 2021 at 5:25 AM UTC
Three-years long
Every day at nightfall the sun sets herself on fire in an immaculate public display of affection. Vibrantly glowing in shades of vermillion before vanishing beyond the horizon, surrendering the day to the darkness of night. Her departure, a self sacrifice, generously offering her light so that the moon may shine so brightly.
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Jul 7, 2021
Jul 7, 2021 at 10:55 AM UTC
the sun sets herself on fire
for you, writing is loving you always write for someone you loved, love. but do you ever just sit down, pen in hand, cup of coffee on the side, and just pour out your unsaid thoughts about yourself? for you, self-love is not selfish. but honey, you've always been so selfish for yourself. how is it easy for you, to write for someone when you can't even write for yourself? sincerely yours, you.
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Apr 5, 2021
Apr 5, 2021 at 11:40 AM UTC
To The Girl Who Never Write For Herself,
it seems that i gave you happiness, all of it, all of the happiness in the world, even the little bit that belonged to me..
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Jan 11, 2021
Jan 11, 2021 at 12:54 AM UTC
happIness
Swaddled within your arms, I feel my worries rush away from my thoughts. I am left with only complete clarity about my future with you. My anxieties seem to simply evaporate when our limbs intertwine.
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Jan 8, 2021
Jan 8, 2021 at 6:40 AM UTC
Intertwined
You know how stupid I am? I let you hurt myself as long as you will become happy.
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Nov 24, 2020
Nov 24, 2020 at 9:35 AM UTC
Selfless
Everyday, multiple times you remind me of my beauty because I can no longer do this for myself. You tell me that one day I will believe these words. They will eventually sink into my DNA. You tell me the words will one day feel real and until they do you will continue on. You do not make me feel ashamed that these words are foreign to my diseased brain. While you call me breathtaking I tell myself I am not deserving of breath. Your words restore me. They keep me alive until the next dosage of your selfless reminders.
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Nov 3, 2020
Nov 3, 2020 at 2:29 PM UTC
Reminder