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Ash and Echoes

the sky is a broken mirror shattered clouds bleed rust and fire cities kneel in hollow silence monuments to lost empires neon ghosts flicker in ruins whispers hum in static breath machines still count the fallen long past the touch of death veins of steel snake through the dust choked on war’s forgotten cries a child hums an unknown anthem as the last star fades and dies

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Date: 5/26/2025 10:14:00 PM
The things that people and children suffer. But you're remembering... ashes and dust, giving the untold a voice
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Alesia Leach
Date: 5/31/2025 4:37:00 PM
Paige, your words gave me chills--“giving the untold a voice” is exactly what I hoped to do. In the silence after ruin, there’s still memory… still song. Thank you for seeing the echoes in the ash, and for always honoring the ones the world forgets.

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