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  Jun 17 Aegis Vistoria Penumbra
Asuka
True Drive
If you dream of a car lined in gold,
let it be a chariot for your heart โ€”
not a trumpet for strangers' eyes.
Let the engine hum in silence,
as you drive through moments that matter.

Park it where laughter lives,
where your child clutches your hand,
where your mother rests her tired bones
and smiles, not at the car, but at you.

Donโ€™t raise your children to crave mirrors โ€”
raise them to be flames.
To build their own wheels of purpose,
to carry light, not noise.

Status is a mirage โ€”
glimmering in heat, vanishing at dusk.
But kindness?
Kindness leaves tire marks on time.

Let your legacy be not the car you drove,
but the lives you moved,
the roads you built
for those still walking barefoot.
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Aegis Vistoria Penumbra Jun 16
๐ˆ ๐ƒ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐โ€”๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐–๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ 
That strangerโ€ฆ Noโ€ฆ Not a strangerโ€ฆ Before he followed her into the waterโ€ฆ
He whisperedโ€ฆ "๐ผโ€™๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข. ๐‘†๐‘œ, ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž."
I felt it. Something unfamiliar. Somethingโ€ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”? Noโ€ฆ not wrongโ€ฆ Wantedโ€ฆ neededโ€ฆ

๐ผ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›โ€ฆ ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘โ€ฆ ๐ผ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘กโ„Žโ€ฆ ๐ผ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘šโ€ฆ ๐ผ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘š ๐‘”๐‘œโ€ฆ

But that would meanโ€ฆ Iโ€ฆ Iโ€ฆ I ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘โ€ฆ Iโ€ฆ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘.
I have one dutyโ€ฆ This strangerโ€ฆ this manโ€ฆ No, Windโ€ฆ Noโ€ฆ friendโ€ฆ?

No, no, he is the enemy of my master. The fate, the sea, the tidesโ€ฆ I owe her. I serve. I ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ฆ. Because I mustโ€ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘กโ€ฆ?

I have always been loyal to my masterโ€ฆ Orโ€ฆ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐ผ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘กโ€ฆ? Whatโ€™s the difference? Surelyโ€ฆ surely there isnโ€™tโ€ฆ

๐‘…๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘กโ€ฆ?

And yetโ€ฆ I have this instinct...
For her, my masterโ€ฆ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”. Only silenceโ€ฆ Only orders... Only fateโ€™s grip... ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜โ€ฆ A command givenโ€ฆ A commandโ€ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘‘.

But with himโ€ฆ I cooperate. Not because I must. Because Iโ€ฆ I donโ€™t know him. But Iโ€ฆ trust?

Perhaps he lies. Perhaps he deceives. It seems I wouldnโ€™t be able to tell... Butโ€ฆ friend or not, perhaps I wasโ€ฆ perhaps I amโ€ฆ Loyal to him?ย ย 

My master, I obeyed. Without thoughtโ€ฆ Without feeling... I simplyโ€ฆ I only everโ€ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘... Because I had no option. It had never occurred to meโ€ฆ To decideโ€ฆ

But this stranger, this man, no, Wind, no, friend?
I donโ€™t know, but he must beโ€ฆimportant to meโ€ฆ
After all this time, Iโ€ฆ think... I feel. And Iโ€ฆ agree. ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘ฆ.

I agreeโ€ฆ Not with thought, but withโ€ฆ heartโ€ฆ? My heartโ€ฆ? Do I have that? Thisโ€ฆ illogical intuition?
๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค... ๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘กโ€ฆ Because I havenโ€™t felt. I havenโ€™t thought. And whatโ€™s the point if I canโ€™tโ€ฆ If I canโ€™tโ€ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ?

๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘กโ€ฆ Thisโ€ฆ friendโ€ฆ? Thisโ€ฆ fool?
I am dutiful, and yetโ€ฆ I amโ€ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘‘โ€ฆ

The sea never made me sad... Isnโ€™t it mercyโ€ฆ to beโ€ฆ ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ฆ? Wasnโ€™t it reliefโ€ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”โ€ฆ?

๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ . ๐ผ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ . ๐ผ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™, ๐ผโ€™๐‘š ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘โ€ฆ But I want it.
This painโ€ฆ Somehow a blessing. Somehowโ€ฆ almost freedom... ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ก. Just the promiseโ€ฆ

If only he does not lie nor jestโ€ฆ If only he teaches meโ€ฆ what to do with suchโ€ฆ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆโ€ฆ

๐ด ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘โ€ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ท๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Žโ€ฆ?ย ย Can it be? Whatโ€ฆ Who is he to ๐‘š๐‘’โ€ฆ?

Iโ€ฆ I only knowโ€ฆ what fate saidโ€ฆ Noโ€ฆ She never saidโ€ฆ As if he never existedโ€ฆ
Butโ€ฆ But he doesโ€ฆ But he knows meโ€ฆ
And Iโ€ฆ Iโ€™veโ€ฆ ๐ผโ€™๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›โ€ฆ Someoneโ€ฆ Soโ€ฆ Soโ€ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘’.

I donโ€™t know. I donโ€™t like it. But I want itโ€ฆ The patienceโ€ฆ To wait forโ€ฆ

All I know isโ€ฆ he is right. And without himโ€ฆ without the truthโ€ฆ ๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”.
All I know isโ€ฆ when I held him in my graspโ€ฆ meant to restrainโ€ฆ ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘’โ€ฆ And I didnโ€™t want to stand in his way any longerโ€ฆ ๐‘†๐‘œ, ๐ผ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘š ๐‘”๐‘œโ€ฆ

I could not bring myself to oppose his desire. Not because I couldnโ€™tโ€ฆ But because Iโ€ฆ justโ€ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘›โ€™๐‘กโ€ฆ

Was that a choiceโ€ฆ? ๐‘€๐‘ฆ choiceโ€ฆ? No longer compelled ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’โ€ฆ But a decision I madeโ€ฆ?

โ€œ๐ผโ€™๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข,โ€ he whispered. And Iโ€ฆ I agreed.
๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐ผ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’โ€ฆ Yet these supposed memoriesโ€ฆ of someone ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘โ€ฆ
Have somehowโ€ฆ ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘โ€ฆ Noโ€ฆ Noโ€ฆ They wereโ€ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›? Stolen byโ€ฆ by myโ€ฆ masterโ€ฆ?
Fateโ€ฆ the seaโ€ฆ whoโ€ฆ what is she? Iโ€ฆ Iโ€™ve never really knownโ€ฆ I justโ€ฆ I justโ€ฆ ๐ผ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘โ€ฆ

๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, Windโ€ฆ But you know me. But I want you to be right. I want you to return. I want you to help me understand.
๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›โ€ฆ This timeโ€ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ขโ€ฆ This timeโ€ฆ Knowing who you areโ€ฆ ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘˜. ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›.

๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™. ๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ฆ. ๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ€ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™.
But youโ€ฆ must be. Because youโ€™re the only thing that has made me feel. Feelโ€ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ . Despiteโ€ฆ

Is it possibleโ€ฆ? That I amโ€ฆ? That I will beโ€ฆ? That I might return toโ€ฆ
Somethingโ€ฆ? Someoneโ€ฆ?

She told me I was perfectโ€ฆ For I was free of joyโ€ฆ Free of pain... ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”โ€ฆ. For death is her servantโ€ฆ Notโ€ฆ ๐‘š๐‘’.

I am Death, and yetโ€ฆ She spoke of meโ€ฆ Like a ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”โ€ฆย ย 
Was I perfectโ€ฆ because I wasโ€ฆ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”? Flawlessโ€ฆ because I wasโ€ฆ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”?
๐ต๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘โ€ฆ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘? ๐ต๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐ผโ€ฆ

Please, hurry back, myโ€ฆ friend?
I have questions. I haveโ€ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›.

๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”.

๐ผ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. What itโ€™s like to beโ€ฆ more than nothing. How to be someone. Notโ€ฆ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”.

You foolโ€ฆ Youโ€™ve made me feelโ€ฆ Without teaching meโ€ฆโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘คโ€ฆ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘ฆ...
Come back... Come back for meโ€ฆ Teach meโ€ฆ

Please return, share these missing memories. Please return, shareโ€ฆ your company.
๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’โ€ฆ

๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’. ๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ, ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘. ๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆโ€ฆ ๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค. ๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆโ€ฆ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›.

Please come back, my dear fool... ๐ผ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’โ€ฆ
I need you.
I need guidanceโ€ฆ I donโ€™t understand this rebellion, this freedom, theseโ€ฆ feelingsโ€ฆ
๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘’.

๐ผโ€™๐‘š ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”โ€ฆ ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž.
๐ผโ€™๐‘š ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”โ€ฆ


For you.
๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ โ€” ๐’๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ โ€”
๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž?

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .
๐“๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐คโ€”๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ. ๐”๐ง๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐. ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž.

๐’๐ž๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž? ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐–๐ž๐š๐ค. ๐€ ๐œ๐ซ๐ฒ๐›๐š๐›๐ฒ. ๐–๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ, ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซโ€” ๐๐จโ€” ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ซ.
๐Ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ฒ ๐›๐š๐œ๐คโ€” ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

...Listen, to the tenth cry for help, from ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Š๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”.

๐๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒโ€”๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€” ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž. ๐”๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž.

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ž๐ญ.


https://hellopoetry.com/collection/136314/the-wings-of-waiting/
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  Jun 15 Aegis Vistoria Penumbra
Airi Lightmoon
Growing Pains
It started with a dream and a few little seeds.

Creating something newโ€”something truly yoursโ€”is never an easy road. There are no guarantees, no promises. But if you donโ€™t try, how will you ever know what might have bloomed?

So I took my seeds, wrapped them in damp paper towels, and began my journey.

Within a couple of days, a seed or two had already popped. It was excitingโ€”but with that excitement came pressure. Pressure to do it right. To keep them alive. To prove that I could do this, first try! (Because for some reason, that's how my brain works)

A few more days passed. Nothing changed. The paper towels had dried out despite my efforts to water regularly.

I thought Iโ€™d failed them. The sprouts looked brittle, barely holding onโ€”and in that moment, it felt like my dream was slipping through my fingers.

But then I handed them to someone who had walked this path before. He looked at them, then looked at me and said:

โ€œTheyโ€™re still alive.โ€

And just like that, so was my dream.
This is a piece of a growing guide I'd like to create. I'm making the pieces now, as a beginner botanist in hopes to encourage others like me that they can do it too!

Expect more updates and I hope you will walk with me on my journey!
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  Jun 15 Aegis Vistoria Penumbra
Asuka
"For the One Still Breathing"
You donโ€™t have to rise like the sun each dayโ€”
some mornings, it's enough just to open your eyes,
to sit with the silence,
to feel your heartbeat and whisper, โ€œIโ€™m still here.โ€

You are not the storm that passed,
nor the ruins it left behind.
You are the seed under the soil,
waiting for the right rain,
the quiet miracle of a soul not giving up.

Let no one shame the pace of your healing.
Let no voice drown out the hush of your trying.
Because surviving is not small.
And breathing, on hard days,
is a kind of bravery the world forgets to praise.

So rest, dreamer.
You donโ€™t need to shine tonight.
You just need to stayโ€”
soft, alive,
and wildly worthy of tomorrow.
You push yourself hard and grind everyday and you are doing great, but sometimes when things are overwhelming you must to take a break.
๐Ÿ”ฅ Thereโ€™s a time to roar, and a time to breathe.
You canโ€™t fight every day with your fists in the air. Some days, the boldest thing you can do is sit quietly and say,

> โ€œNot todayโ€”but Iโ€™ll rise again soon.โ€
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  Jun 14 Aegis Vistoria Penumbra
Sovereign words
Free me
Let them follow lines well-laid,
Their scripted paths in safe charade.
But donโ€™t hold me to your labels and limits,
Drawn from shortcuts and fleeting minutes.

Let me be, let me fly,
To map my uncharted sky
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