life lessons
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I do not fear the coming dark,Nor silence at the end.I’ve walked beside death long enoughTo almost call it friend. I do not fear forgotten names,Or weathered stone and rain.I’d rather vanish with the windThan live through someone’s pain. For I have broken hearts before,And left some dreams undone.There are apologies I oweThat time has…
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Pride can build a masterpiece, or it can become the very thing that destroys the hands that created it. This poem explores the line between healthy pride in one’s work and the parasite that feeds on ego, taking everything until nothing remains but itself.
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Moonlight I talked with the devil at midnight, Heart in pieces, worn thin with despair. I cursed and I wept while he listened, Bottle in hand as he pulled up a chair. A grin touched his lips as he studied me. “I can make all that suffering end.” He poured out two shots and held…
Ink & Shadows: The Words of Osiris j Reapor 