Tag: regret
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The Weight of Words Unspoken
In the hospital room where silence grows thick as fog, I watch my father’s hands—once steady as oak branches, now trembling like autumn leaves against the stark white sheet. A deeply sensory exploration of watching a parent’s decline, where antiseptic burns the nostrils and unsaid conversations pool at our feet like storm clouds that never…
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I Ate the Lightning: The Risk I Took That Set Me Free (A Meditation on Risk, Regret, and Becoming) #poetry
In a world that demands obedience, the most radical risk is unbecoming the version of yourself built for approval. This poem is a fierce, introspective odyssey into choosing truth over comfort, fire over silence, and liberation over belonging. A testimony for anyone standing at the edge of their own becoming.
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Transient Tapestry: The Silence of Might-Have-Been #BlogchatterA2Z #poetry
In the murmurs of half-remembered dreams and silent regrets, a timeless tapestry unfolds—whispering of a day when inaction reigned, only to yield a spark of courage and the promise of transformation.
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An Apology Letter to Someone I Wronged #WriteAPageADay #440
I dip my quill in ink the color of regret— not black, not blue, but something bruised. A shade that stains the air when two souls fracture. I write to you on parchment peeled from my ribcage.
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Echoes for Tomorrow: A Poetic Legacy for Future Generations #WriteAPageADay #1100
I will not be here to see what remains, but I will leave echoes stitched into the fabric of things too quiet to notice—a lullaby, a bridge, a lesson whispered in the dark. Let them inherit not just the world I shaped, but the tools to shape it anew.
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The Midnight Library: A Journey Through Regret and Redemption #WriteAPageADay #Day24 #tbrchallenge #bookchatter
“The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig is a captivating story that takes readers on a journey through the life of Nora Seed, a woman who has reached the point where she no longer wants to live. As Nora begins to explore the books in the library, she discovers that every choice she has ever made…
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