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Echoes of Silent Waves

Written May 30th for Contest by Craig Cornish ***************** Silence slowly dims into space, heaves gently over words and lines words and whispers whirl with awe despite hindrance, I strive to spell the range of emotions whirling— a restless sea. Semantics and syntax—alien to my root tongue, linguistic rules and policies taught in sterile settings harvest dust while I strive for the right! Tune in to your heart— select the right spectrum repelling ripples resemble ink fading into water a wavelength for moonlight threading. No lexicon conveys the implicit clamor of the vernacular, woven via deft looks, we have created our crypto-system, carved on our skin Inscribed in whispers— whispered through silence— hush as heavy as viscous fog.

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Date: 5/31/2025 3:38:00 PM
That is pretty heavy introspection- it's hard to climb out of the web of society and cloning... beautiful work.
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Date: 5/30/2025 9:25:00 PM
this poem’s honestly so cool. it really gets how hard it is to say what you feel, especially when words don’t always fit. that “alien to my root tongue” line hit me hard. the whole thing feels like trying to explain your heart in a language that wasn’t built for it. and that “crypto-system” part? genius. the ending stuck with me too—“hush as heavy as viscous fog” is such a vibe. keep writing dear poet.
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