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We were stuck—frozen under the weight of a sun that burned like a punishment, a heavy force that dragged us in, making us feed on the very thing that was destroying us. The air felt wrong, suffocating, as if it were trying to choke the life out of us.
And then, once again, those empty horses came galloping through that violet door, their hooves thundering, following crooked paths that twisted in ways I couldn’t understand. They left shadows behind them, stretching across the moonlit floor like dark, twisted memories. The stars, those cold, distant things, gathered high above us—winged creatures, silent, watching, like the last remnants of humanity’s lost teachers. We had no choice but to bleed again, even as time shook us, spilling crystal blood like a dream that refused to end. A ripple in the wound, and then we woke up—alive but changed. You believe, and I believe, too—that you are the river of light, the one I hold on to, even as the night closes in, empty and endless, like a long, dark hallway with no end in sight.
i was listening to 'the headmaster ritual' by the smiths, and somehow, what i wrote just poured out. it’s like my mind just switches to autopilot, and i'm not really in control. writing feels almost like a mechanical reflex sometimes, just a skill that takes over!
The red sign has caught up—
I've decided I've had enough.
The rain is no longer a drizzle;
It's soaking me, leaving me brittle.

I've tried to show you what to do,
But my words don't make it through.
You speak of love set to bloom,
Yet silence fills up the room.

Not with whispers, calm and kind—
But with pieces you've left behind.
They aren't softly spoken,
They're silent and broken.

I wish things turned out right
But love can't bloom without light
I'll miss the "us" we used to try—
But still, I leave. This is goodbye.
It hurts to let go, but staying hurts worse.
A binding rope to consecrate two souls
In union beautiful and ever strong,
Like sun and rain in complementary roles.
Each honoring each as royalty enthroned,
They build their kingdom, shared a whole life long
In joy and bliss to cherish what they've sown.
Love is one thing I've never truly known.
June '25

The third of three
 Jul 7 The Romantic
RED
“I hope we meet again in the next life.
And maybe… you’ll like me back, too.
Maybe this was never meant to be in the end—
but the journey was beautiful.

If we meet again and you still don’t love me,
then just give me a hug...
and a quiet ‘congratulations.’”
Some love stories don’t end
—they just never begin the way we hoped
Specially written with the feeling I borrowed from someone else
someone I used to be but not anymore
 Jul 7 The Romantic
Chrys
People look to me to solve their problems
Fix their lives, make everything okay
But what if I myself am a puzzle
An unsolvable equation
Then who gets to fix me?
 Jul 7 The Romantic
K F H
Ivy
The pain you gave me made me heal
Made me feel real
When my thoughts turned into a spiral
And i found myself in a trial
I ended up at my existence
No big resistance
For days flow of feelings
Staring at different ceilings
But it all happened so real
And for a moment a glance i steal
On myself
Which i stored on a shelf
Locked in a room
Called doom
Ivy over the facade
In which I laid
Curtains over my eyes
To fall in a sleep of rolling dice

Seeing you through the curtain
Made me think for certain
Lifted one arm out the ivy
Which held me so tightly
Might i fall
And then crawl
To the door of doom
My vision sore of gloom
A glance inside
Makes me want to hide
The ivy i felt
Of which i was held
May my heart´s weight
Make me fall down straight
May the facade i had chosen fall
The ivy loosen even if it grew tall
Ivy as tight as a hug
Made me be stuck
It had cut through my skin
But it held me thin
To an ornate **** im *******
I would never be crude
Now i hang in it
And sang of lilit
and just like that
it's the first --
again.
a new month
arrives all too quickly
and too quietly
to prepare for.

they always say
that it's a chance
to start over,
to make new goals.
but i'm still stuck
in last months
grief.
in love that never
stayed.

everything now
feels muted --
calm
and in the wrong way.
its sort of like
the silence
after a gentle storm
you didn't see
was the end.

i used to think
love
was loud.
but the truth is,
it leaves
quickly
and quietly...
and all at once.
soul; entry eight
date wrote: 1/7
 Jul 7 The Romantic
AydanL
Happy times,
important ways.

Home cooking,
frantic banter.

Drinks
poured in cups,

cigarettes in
mouths.

Strange bonds,
peculiar faces.

Vibrant
metropolis,

Hollywood
superstars.

Too far,
incoherent,

incognito,
"What's a burrito?"

Deja vu,
scented paths.

Funny,
good times.

Important
ways.
 Jul 7 The Romantic
AydanL
On the last day
of the calendar week

the quiet folk sit
at the edge of shore
watching sun set.

Day and night
meeting in the middle,
(together a short while)

ships hardening
into black silhouettes.

Darkness spreads—
sights now set on
greeting the streets.

Following me back,
among
evening cheer,

deteriorating into late-night
glimpses at mediocre peace.
You are more than I imagined.
Not just the fire, but the warmth after.
The kind that lingers in sheets, in skin, in the spaces between my thoughts.
Your smile, God, your smile.
It didn’t just light-up the room. It slowed time.
It undid every timeline I have doubted if someone like you could be real.
And somehow your hands remembered me.
Like they were just waiting for the shape of my waist, the weight of
my wanting, the hush between my inhale, they had my lips whispered your name like a sacred melody.
I dreamt of you in moments of heat and hunger.
But loving you in the flesh was softer. Wiser,
Like the wild finally located its rhythm.
When we touched, nothing burned, nothing broke. But the old guards fell.
The ghosts of old packed their bags and left our peace.
I no longer guess what your laugh sounds like when you’re half asleep,
Or what your hands feel like when you don’t want to let go.
Now, now...I wake with your breath tangled in mine and I think:
So, this, This is what home feels like.
When love locates you, embrace it and nurture it, when it leaves, thank it and leave the door open for it to find you again.
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