u/Basic_Candy_6967 — reddlx

▲ 2 r/creativewriting

I feel like I have something to say...

but I don't know what.

It's there—

in the back of my head,

hiding in the shadows.

Teasing me,

brushing, touching,

touching.

It feels so important,

life-changing.

But when I try to find it—

GONE.

It retreats deeper into my mind,

leading me down another false path.

Time and time again,

I'm left with only frustration.

So I abandon my folly and move on.

But my shadow loves to play games,

knows just the right strings to pull.

It’s back—

taunting me, mocking me.

Its outline clear again.

Another false glimmer,

but it stirs my ache—

so I reach for it...

and again

gone...

Not for the first time,

I'm left frustrated and hollowed.

It's a rigged game,

where I am baited time and again.

Just a puppet, strung along

in this shadow game.

But I never learn.

Because...

I feel like I have something to say...

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u/Basic_Candy_6967 — 9 days ago

▲ 2 r/Poem

Staring into emptiness,
I embrace the peace of silence.
The eeriness of the moment catches me
wandering in thought.

In these quiet moments of reflection,
anything seems possible—
no problems unfixable,
flawless solutions just float into being.
While clinging burdens
fade from tired shoulders.

In the dream sanctuary
nothing is impossible.
Reacquainting with old friends,
recalling lost love,
correcting the past.
In this tiny state of quietness…
reality unwinds,
and I…
ascend.

Yet,
fleeting is the moment.
The banging and bleeping of modernity
burst the silence.
Once again,
the mundanity of living
embraces you.

Now staring into sanity,
the dream sanctuary crumbles
offering no protection
and
along with your perfect solution,
it vanishes from view…

Leaving me longing
for
the next quiet moment.

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u/Basic_Candy_6967 — 9 days ago