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UNWRITTEN

Between the lines, the words don’t sleep~  
they coil like smoke, they twist, they weep.  
Not penned, not pinned, not bound to page,  
but wild as wind, as storm, as rage.  

The unwritten verse hums in the throat,  
a hymn too bright, a note too sharp~  
it cuts the air but leaves no mark,  
no ink to prove it burned so dark.  

What ghost-song lingers, half-remembered?  
What love was lost, what ember tender  
never flared to written light?  
(Some poems ache—but never bite.)  

The page stays white. The silence grows.  
The unwritten knows.  
Oh, the unwritten knows.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Gauthier Avatar
April 20, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Wonderful flow ~ beautiful poem
Parker Avatar
April 20, 2026 at 6:51 AM
I've written a thousand poems in my mind only to find they have vanished when I started to write them down on paper, Dear Poet
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