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Shackles

Missing out on life's treasures.
Slave to ambition is not a life.
Blind to what freedom offers.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Wolf Avatar
December 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
An apt poem esp. for our times -- though 'twere ever so. Now -- more so.
Gauthier Avatar
December 31, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Yes, for sure ~
Etgen-Baker Avatar
December 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
nothing worse that putting oneself in one's own chains. many do
Gauthier Avatar
December 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
So true ~
Rodrigues Avatar
December 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Very good!
Gauthier Avatar
December 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Thanks, Kim ~ Happy New Year !
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