Tag: reflection
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Hold Fast
Hold fast to innocenceand your days of youth,to the barefoot wonder,to the unbroken truth.Hold fastto laughter before it learnedto hide,to dreams that still knewhow to open wide.Time, like a freight train,runs hard down the track,carrying summersthat never come back.It whistles through memory,steel, smoke, and sound,leaving old piecesof us on the ground.So hold fastto the light…
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You Will Hear
When the wind blows,you will hear mein the hush between the leaves,in the soft bend of branchesthat know how to bowwithout breaking.You will hear mewhere the screen door sighs,where the old house settlesinto its bones,where curtains liftlike hands remembering touch.I will not come loudly.I have never been thunder.I have always beenthe small sound after—the breath…
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The Cry Behind the Smile
There is a cry behind the smile,a small, trembling thingpressed against my ribs,listening to laughteras though it belongsto someone else.Most people never hear it.They see the curve of my lips,the practiced ease,the sunlight I offerlike a welcome mat.They do not seethe storm cellar beneath.The cry lives there.It gathers every disappointment,every goodbye,every moment I needed savingand…
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Empty Breaths and Hollow Lies
She learns him first in broken air,In pauses that pretend to care.His words arrive but never stay,Like smoke that cannot find its way.He speaks in almost-truths at night,Soft enough to sound like light.But when she reaches for his name,It slips away and feels the same.She memorizes what he won’t say,The turning of his eyes away.Each…
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Thief of Joy
Comparison whispers, stealing light,Turning day into restless night.It counts another’s gold as proof,While missing all your own roof.It paints their world in perfect hue,Then fades the colors right from you.It measures life by treasure’s pace,And leaves you lost in endless chase.So guard your heart, refuse its ploy—For envy is the thief of joy. Photo by…
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Ghost in the Fog
In the hush where morning lingers,A pale spirit parts the mist,Silent as an ancient secret,Soft as winter on the wrist.Eyes like weathered moons are watching,Calm beneath the silver sky,Holding storms it never speaks of,Letting passing shadows die.Ghost-white mane in quiet motion,Breath dissolving into air,A lonely king of fog and stillness,Wrapped in silence, there.No trumpet call,…
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Dissonance
He wakes to sunlight tasting wrong,a sweetness cut with metal bright,the clock ticks loud but time feels bent,each second stretching out of sight.His smile fits like borrowed clothes,warm at first, then tight with seams,his laughter cracks in brittle notesthat splinter softly through his dreams.He moves through rooms that buzz and hum,air thick as wool inside…
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Neon Red
My crush comes flashing neon red,a stoplight pulse inside my head.It hums beneath my quiet skin,a siren song I’m pulled right in.I try to cool it down to blue,pretend I feel what others do,but every thought ignites instead,my heart lit up in neon red.It glows too loud, it won’t behave,a reckless color I can’t save.If…
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Approach & Assessment
He schools his breath, keeps posture loose,let’s confidence arrive unforced,measures every word he chooses,hoping charm won’t sound rehearsed.He watches how her laughter lands,files each detail in his mind,steps close enough to feel the heat,but far enough to seem benign.He wonders if she feels it too,that current passing hand to hand,and plots no ending—only this:to stay,…
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