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Silent Atlas

It's 5:30 AM, sky bruised and quiet,
And he’s there at my feet, my loyal companion,
Eyes bright, no judgment, just need.
Out we go, one steady step, then another,
Field sprawled wide, we chase the edges of dawn.

Back home, the soft hum of her breathing,
Kids' backpacks lined, the day pulls at me
Like a string too tight, ready to snap.
She’ll mention Kirsty or Chanelle, that sour glance,
The unseen weight settling deep in my chest.

Dog's been sick on the sofa,
a mess to clean up.
Gaffer’s on edge; I was late last week,
Late again today, but I hold tight, keep my mouth shut,
Because I know my place in this ticking machine,
My hands on the wheel, the weight on my back.

Site hazards, the grind, every move a risk,
One wrong turn, it’s out the door,
No job, no check, holiday slipping away,
Kids’ smiles are just dreams I’m not sure I can keep.
And here I stand, silent, loaded with fear,
Shoulders set to hold all we need.

The night job was gone in a flash,
Zero hours, zero thought, zero hope.
I glance at my phone, every message a pull
To face the ones I’ve not seen in too long,
Mates left waiting in the empty hours
While I traded my joy for duty’s hard call.

Fuel’s low, spirits cracked,
And there she is, our little girl,
Waiting to dance with a smile I missed.
I sit here, empty tank, empty hands,
Wondering if I’ll break, if I’ll bend or stay still,
When the phone rings, it’s him, my friend,
The voice I forgot could ease this weight.

With words of work, a hand held out,
A site to supervise, steady pay on the rise,
I take his offer, grip tight to his faith.
And in his strength, I feel my own,
A quiet reminder that I am not alone.

So I go home, kiss foreheads soft,
Tell her I’m sorry for what I can’t always say.
My battle is quiet, a shadow I bear,
So they don’t know the scars I wear,
So they don’t feel the tremor beneath,
The moments I wrestle, the pain I hide.

Because I am here for them always.
A silent Atlas, strength worn down,
But still, I carry the world, weight and all.
And tomorrow, I’ll wake with dawn’s bruised sky,
Dog by my side, loyalty unasked but given.
And I’ll breathe, keep walking, one step, then the next,
Knowing that love is the light I keep,
And for them, I’ll rise, I’ll stand, I’ll protect.

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A Partner in Focus

Concentrate, regenerate.
Your smile, sharp, distracting pulls me from the page.
I’m trying to focus and keep my mind steady,
but is there a reason you sit near me,
smiling like you’ve seen something worth noticing?

You like every post I share,
but your eyes, the way they hold me,
say more than words ever could.
Beauty is skin deep, they say,
but you are something else
a mind sharper than diamonds,
a focus forged from ambition.

Two jobs, late nights, and early lectures
you move like someone who refuses to let the world define her.
And yet, here you are, looking at me
as though we could be more than classmates,
as though you already see something I can’t name.

Three more years, I tell myself.
Three more years to stay the course,
to match the kind of focus you wear so easily.
But somewhere in the chaos of ambition and dreams,
I wonder are we already writing our story?

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Through Different Eyes

What took you all night
Took me all day.
What you found heavy
I found light.
What made you think Evil
Made me think of only good.
What made you choose violence
I chose peace.
For the world you see
Is shaped by the lens you choose.

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The World in Waiting

Dry mouth, air crisp, the snap on my skin,
Room dark, curtains drawn, I stay within.
Dare not check the time, I bury my head,
Excuses keep me warm in this bed.

Yesterday’s troubles left behind,
Today, my heart’s strong, peace of mind.
Coughs and cold, sugar in check,
I rise with courage, no turning back.

Pyjamas tight, it’s a lazy day,
Perhaps a prayer to clear the way.
Outside, the world waits, blanketed white,
And though I can't see, I know it's right.

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Rage Forged in Disrespect

There’s a rage that ignites when someone damages you
An uncompromising, bewildering storm within.
Your brain churns with thoughts of vengeance,
A thousandfold wrath ready to erupt.

But do you compromise your soul to feed the fire?
It’s all connected, yet so utterly disconnected.
They have no idea what they’ve unleashed
This inner demon clawing at the gates.

A thousand futures, a million seconds
Pain stretched in weeks, rage forged in years.
Why do they disrespect you to this breaking point?
You give your all, pushing daily to do what’s right.

Are their inadequacies a mirror they can’t face?
Does their lack of perspective cast you as the villain?
You tried to be the hero, the good guy,
To stand on the side of justice and light.

But the disrespect it grinds, it gnaws, it sends you spiraling
To a place where rage eclipses reason.
I want to shatter the star line,
Reach into the void, and grind gold for planet 9.
To fix this fractured atmosphere of fury,
Before I lose myself in the abyss of their disregard.

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I Lay Awake

I lay awake at night, dreaming of my future.
In the black void, my destiny flickers faint,
A fragile ember fighting the pull of silence.
I fracture my pain into shards,
Each a memory too sharp to hold,
Yet too bright to ignore.
The sparks ignite lightning through my chest,
Burning a path I cannot escape.

I lay awake at night, dreaming of different futures.
I see the love I held, could have held,
Would have cherished, should have saved.
Faces blur those lost,
Those who never truly stayed.
I reach for them in the shadows,
But the weight of absence presses me down.
I try to give, to help, to heal,
But every open hand meets fire.

I lay awake at night, dreaming of discipline.
If I endure the harder path,
What will I become?
I see the echoes of lives touched by me,
The takers, the users,
The thieves of my aura.
I guard my energy,
Let no one siphon the light I’ve earned.

And in the void, I find a spark
Not to ignite,
But to guide me through the dark.
The fragments of my pain align,
A mosaic of scars and strength.
I become what I strive to be...
Me.

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Unseen Tides of Becoming

I wonder in the quiet of the waves,
if dreams I hold are real as waters deep.
The path I walk—was it ever mine at all,
or am I drifting, caught in currents’ flow?

I am both sailor and the storm’s dark face,
the one who steers yet fights against the pull.
I lift myself yet fall, as tide allows,
and love holds light that fades like salt’s harsh sting.

Each wave pulls forward, back a paradox,
my compass spinning wildly, though I steer.
I drift, I grind, I grow, a force unknown,
the face I glimpse a stranger's, veiled in night.

These waters hold both fury and release,
a restless churn, a voice beneath the waves.
I push myself to rise above, yet still
the ocean calls, “Is this all you would be?”

But in each wave, I’ve ridden, storms I’ve braved,
I see both beauty, burden, bound as one.
Peace lies not in the sea’s retreating edge,
but in the calm, I carry from within.

I am both broken and yet made anew,
a mosaic of shores both lost and found.
The weight feels lighter now that I can see
this journey was my own to chart and own.

I walk forward, no longer cast adrift,
a captain, not of calm but of my tides.
The storm now whispers, waves a memory,
and in the quiet, I find my own true north.

For every wave I’ve braved, I hold a light,
and step, not timid, but steady, to shore
knowing I am both tide and timeless stone.

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Just Stop

Just stop calling
your voice is a chain around my throat.
Just forget me
erase me, let me disappear.

Just stop putting effort in
it’s not saving me, it’s smothering me.
Just give up on me
your hope is a weight I can’t carry.

Just stop the alarm
its scream claws at my skull.
Just quit while you’re ahead
can’t you see I’m drowning?

Just stop playing games
your hands on the board,
your hands on me,
your hands everywhere.

Just stop affection
it clings like a wet cloth to my skin.
Just stop.

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Sacred Algorithm of Mysteries and Time

Faced with dangers that linger in uncertain times,
Time and again, we’ve danced the spiral climb.
Who controls the strings, the sacred rites of flight?
The unseen hand beneath the veil of night.

Wi-Fi whispers through walls we can’t see,
A.I hums in algorithms, beyond ones and threes.
Empires fall, their ashes cradle keys,
To truths whispered by Templars, dragons, and seas.

Atlantis drowned, Antarctica’s icy embrace,
Anunnaki, Nephilim lost in time’s chase.
Do we leap? Do we fight? Or let mysteries be,
And accept that the unknown is humanity’s plea?

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Hindsight

A hundred sorries, a thousand cries,
A million tears just won’t dry,
I’m done with foolishness and lies.

You think you're right but can’t see why,
Just another dodgy mask and guise
A hundred sorries, a thousand cries.

No future left, no truth to try,
Blind to what you didn’t know lies
I’m done with foolishness and lies.

If you knew back then what hindsight buys,
Would you have stayed, or said goodbye?
A hundred sorries, a thousand cries.

Now, only after equations rise,
We see the truth we can’t deny
I’m done with foolishness and lies,
A hundred sorries, a thousand cries.