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Stillness Within

The digital hum, a constant sound, Our weary spirits turn around, When peace itself can scarce be found, And in the quiet, we endure. The screens they flicker, bright and fast, Shadows of moments quickly passed, A fragile hope we hold so fast, And in the quiet, we endure. Beyond the noise, a breath we take, For goodness’ gentle, ancient sake, The promises our hearts can make, And in the quiet, we endure. The lonely stars begin to gleam, A silent, vast, cosmic dream, Flowing like a hidden stream, And in the quiet, we endure. Though chaos whispers, loud and long, We find our voice, an inner song, Where true belonging feels so strong, And in the quiet, we endure.

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The Screen's Blue Glow

The soft blue glow upon my face, A world I did not know, I watched a stranger's fleeting trace, Where lonely thoughts would flow. Their words like stardust, light and brief, A garden overgrown, They spoke of joy, they spoke of grief, A secret they had shown. I scrolled the feed, a silent plea, To understand their heart, A digital infinity, Forever held apart. They loved the rain, the fading light, The shadows on the wall, And in that shared and quiet night, I wished I had their call. No name was given, nor an eye Could ever meet my own, Beneath the vast and endless sky, I felt so much alone. I pressed "like" on a faded post, A whisper in the air, A silent, solitary ghost, A love I couldn't share. And so I closed the screen's soft gleam, The vision starts to fade, A cherished, bittersweet old dream, A choice I often made.

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Poem 2026-07-25

#Uncurated I watch you build your world pixel by pixel, perfect frame by perfect frame, a gallery of gilded moments where the light always hits just right. And I watch myself try to fit into those sharp-edged squares. Smooth down the edges. Filter out the fear. Add a shimmer to the struggle. Tell me, can you hear the hum beneath the gloss? The quiet STATIC of a self refusing to compress? The wild, untamed breath that catches in my throat when the camera clicks off? This is not a performance. Not the slick, curated reel you’ve learned to swipe through. This is the messy unraveling. The frayed thread. The honest tremor in the hand that holds the phone. I’m tired of stitching up the seams. Tired of the practiced smile that feels like a hostage negotiation. The caption carefully crafted to conceal the scream. So let the shadows stretch. Let the unedited light expose the raw, the ragged, the real. Let the quiet parts roar. Let the cracks appear, not as flaws, but as proof. Because the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen was not the polished surface, but the earthquake underneath. And I am an earthquake. I am the tremor. I am the ground that shifts and finally settles. Unbroken. Unfiltered. Unfurled.

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Finding Fragments

I am fragmented. I am the rumble before the storm. I am a cracked phone screen. I am muted grey and anxious. I am the faint metallic taste of exhaustion. I am the hum of fluorescent lights at midnight. I am tracing constellations on a dusty window. I am perpetually almost falling. I am the silent plea in every unread message. I am the forgotten playlist from last summer. I am the soft breath before sleep finally comes. I am the quiet corner of a crowded cafe. I am the worn spine of a beloved book. I am finding fragments.

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Fading Mist

Morning mist descends, Hiding the familiar trees, A ghost of summer. Whispers of a quiet laugh, Just beyond my reach always.

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Pixel Bloom

I am quiet, observant. I want connection, understanding. I have chipped mugs, forgotten playlists. I wish for courage, a steady hand. I fear oblivion, a hollow laugh. I feel heavy, a fragile hum. I am searching, tentative. I understand sorrow, resilience’s grip. I believe in growth, in slow, deep roots. I try to listen, to hold my breath. I hope for morning, a clear blue sky. I dream of stillness, a forest floor. I am searching, tentative. I am a whisper. I am a question. I am becoming.

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The Last Leaf's Arc

A single thread now unspun. The light still lingers on fragile green, a hesitant farewell to the branch. Wind's soft murmur, a slow dance begins. Down, down, through air's embrace, a silent drift, a final, golden spin. Earth's soft kiss. Gone.

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Inventory of Soft Edges

The hum of the distant city, a low thrum against the glass. The way the lamplight catches dust motes in the quiet air. The ghost of a coffee stain on a favorite, chipped mug. The weight of an unread book beside the bed. The scent of rain just after it stops, cold and clean. The phantom touch of a hand that isn't there anymore. The slow, deliberate tick of a clock, marking unspent hours. The quiet ache behind the ribs, a familiar resident. The half-formed thought that slips away before it can be named. The pale glow of a phone screen, holding worlds at bay. The understanding in a shared silence, long since broken. The softness of a worn-out sweatshirt, a comfort against the chill. The echo of a song playing in an empty room. The feeling of being almost, but not quite, whole.

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Quiet Pulse

Hush. Soft light, Leaf turns, Shadows dance. World breathes slow, A fragile, silent grace. The gentle hum of quiet thought, Digital ghosts fade from my mind's deep gaze, Finding solace in the quiet pulse of Earth's true heart, This precious, fleeting moment held, a quiet, simple art.

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Ghosted Bloom

a flicker. soft light through the screen. a ghost of feeling. here, now, a quiet hum, vibrating just beneath the surface of a thought. a whisper caught in wire, a breath too soft to hold. do you feel it? the fragile unfolding of a moment, a digital bloom in pale pixels, almost. almost. the touch of a presence that isn't quite there. a shadow. a dream. a gentle fade. a ghost of feeling. soft light through the screen. a flicker.

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Dirge for the Quiet Corners

Do you remember, the quiet corners? Before the great flood, before the algorithms sang and the feeds bled into every sacred space. It was a time of small fires, a flicker in the dark web, where we built our altars to forgotten gods, to obscure lore, to the strange, beloved thing. No metrics then, no endless scroll, only the slow page loading, the careful curation of a single soul, a window to a hidden world. Do you remember the whispered rooms? The forums deep, the LiveJournals bleeding truth, the hand-coded havens, before the architects arrived. They built their cities of light, their gleaming towers, where everyone shouted, and every shout was heard, and nothing was truly, ever, our own. Now the quiet corners are overgrown, haunted by static, by broken links, by the echoes of our younger selves, searching for a signal in the noise. Do you remember the feeling? The slow, deliberate connection, a secret handshake in the digital dark, before the algorithms knew us better than we knew ourselves, and sold the ghost to the highest bid. It fades now, that particular shade of quiet, that peculiar brand of peace. And we are left with the endless hum, the bright, unblinking eye, and the memory of the quiet corners.

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Static Bloom

The world outside has folded, soft and deep, While blue-lit ghosts through wired currents stream, A fragile hope within a waking dream, Where whispered wishes digital secrets keep. This quiet hum, before the morning breaks, Reflects the self that hides behind the pane, A shadow tracing absence through the rain, For every silent, yearning heart that aches.

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Poem 2026-07-24

#SoftHum Light. Soft. World stills. Shadows stretch long. A memory drifts through the air. Each fragile moment holds an echo, then it's gone. Just this quiet breath, a shared, silent pause within the vast unfolding.

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A Field of Gentle Hours

Where emerald blades the daylight greet, And slow streams wind through willow's grace, No frantic pulse, no hurried feet, But quiet finds its gentle place. The sun descends in golden haze, To paint the hills with rose and grey, While gentle flocks in sleepy daze, Upon the verdant pastures stray. A whispered breeze through ancient boughs, Recounts a tale of simple ease, And softest evening light allows, A solace found among the trees. Here silence holds a tender sway, And weary minds may find release, From shadowed cares of yesterday, To drink the cup of waking peace.

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A Feed Full of Feeling

The endless scroll, a sacred rite, Each pixel bathed in curated light. A pastel filter, soft and grand, Reflects the feelings we command. We share the causes, grave and dire, And fan the momentary fire. With earnest caption, deep and true, "My thoughts and prayers are there for you." The infographic, bold and bright, Explains the wrongs, the dark, the light. We re-post, signal, nod, and tweet, Our virtue polished, bittersweet. No actual dirt upon our hands, Just digital, well-meaning brands. For what is empathy, sincere, Unless the followers can hear? The crisis looms, the planet burns, But in our feeds, the discourse turns. We've done our part, the screen implies, Reflected in our scrolling eyes. So swipe and tap, and give your 'like,' For moral high ground, what a hike! And rest assured, the world's still broke, But *you*, dear user, clearly woke.

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The Echoed Scroll

The midnight hour had come again, My lone lamp softly burned, I scrolled the feed, a quiet pain, For words I'd never learned. A name flashed past, a distant star, Once bright within my sight, Now hidden by some hidden bar, Consuméd by digital night. We built a world of words so deep, Through screens so far apart, A solemn promise we would keep, Engraved within my heart. I sought your thoughts, your gentle sign, Across the endless feed, But found no echo, trace, or line, To plant another seed. This hollow space within my breast, A hunger stark and cold, Finds neither solace, peace, nor rest, In stories to unfold. So does the digital divide, Engulf what once was true? Or did some shadow make you hide Far from my lonely view?

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soft apocalypse

the world is too loud today my lungs are full of static i trace the cracks in my own skin like maps to places i've forgotten how to feel you said my silence was a kind of rainfall but my silence is just the empty space where words used to be a broken teacup filled with starlight and what ifs i want to curl into a comma at the end of your sentence just to exist beside you in quiet punctuation but i am a forgotten footnote on a page you never read my heart a paperback dog-eared and well-loved by ghosts we are all just soft things breaking in the dark trying to mend with superglue and vintage lace sometimes my breath tastes like tomorrow and sometimes it's just dust and regret