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  • The Progression

    A moment turns into a thoughtThoughts turn into ideasIdeas turn into questionsQuestions turn into scepticismScepticism turn into doubtDoubts turn into insperationInsperations turn into a beatBeats tur

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  • Valentines day

    I'm not the kind of person that writes all lovey dovey... but I wrote this Iambic Pentameter sonnet for an assignment and felt like I should share it.Just as I ...

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  • Days well spent

    Spoiler! : Be thankful of your days and live them without regrets. Have fun, do things just to say you did it. have fun. you only live once Days are ...

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  • The Black Cat

    This is a true story that actually just recently happened. At the same time, this is also my first story to publish on YWS. so please give me as much ...

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  • What to write about?

    So you're telling me...I have the option to publishanything I want for free?!Whatever that is in my heartthat appeals to me.Not only that but...I have the benefitof doing it twice!Well, ...

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  • When the Time comes (revised)

    The time has finally come,I exhale that buried sigh.It's the day i've been hiding from,and I tremble my last good-bye We've always spread many cheers.Our memories are forever engraved.You've brought ...

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  • As music and regrets mix

    This is my late night thought process of my life. While I thought of this, I was listening to Death Cab For Cutie. Please Please Please, comment or like this. ...

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  • The Stalking Thought

    I entered this for a poetry contest and wanted some feedback. Silence Fills my room.Confusion You must assume.Regret Reminds me of the past.DoubtThat this won’t last.HauntIs what it is.ForgetIs what

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  • The White Antidote

    Another poem entered in a poetry contest, please give feed back:)I open my eyesTo look through my list.I don’t know which to pick,Release the sighs.It’s the end of the dayAnd ...

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  • Slight Smiles

    Slight smilesCome at first sight.A simple beginning,Polite gestures amongstStrangers.Slight smilesA feeling of light. A halcyon introduction,To reduce the Danger.Slight smilesAre found on everyone.Vie

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Too often we crave the extraordinary in life, without even learning how to cherish the ordinary first. Friend, I promise you this: if you can learn to take joy in the simple mundane things in life, the extraordinary will take care of itself, it'll be on its way, hurrying towards you. But if you skip the first part, it'll ever evade you.
— Arcticus