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Le Radeau de la Meduse

I had a dream once.
There I was,
standing by the water,
toes deep in the sand and
hair kissed by
a strong breeze.

The words,
the words the waves spoke to me
are diluted, translucent.
Illegible and unheard.
But I know deep, instinctively
the weight they carried:
heavy as a whale,
worth of a pearl on the shore.

The water embraced me
like a mother.
Cradled me in arms,
soft touch, silk.
She didn't hold me down,
would never let me
drown.
Slowly drifting
like La Meduse.
A moment immortalized,
a breath, the shape of a tongue
- no more,
and they sink into the unknown,
far away.

I wake up in a shipwreck
no one bothered to witness.
The hull was cracked
and the wood is broken.
Not a soul to hear the cry.

My struggle is useless,
for they are already lost.
My little raft,
too eager,
never had a chance
against a tidal wave.
Now it rests beneath the Manche
- a graveyard full of life.

I should have known,
the foam comes and goes.
I should've know;
It can't be caught.
It’s free as the
wild marlin, clever
as the flying 'rays.
There's no one else
but me
to mourn
the words the sea
never gave a chance to be.

Some days,
I taste salt bitter in my mouth,
biting.
Some nights,
I stay awake and wonder
about what I lost
that I never had
in the first place.
And the thought manages
to sting more
than any wound ever would.





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Strength, For The Heart Is Not A Metaphor (Series)

- Series Begun: 2024-07-22

- Series Updated: 2024-08-29

- Fandom: Naruto (Anime & Manga)

- Synopsis:
After the Nindaime killed Uchiha Izuna with the Hiraishin, Uchiha Madara decided to accept the Shodaime's peace offer and, thus, Konoha of the Hidden Village was born.

That's what the records say. Nevertheless, they know better.

- Notes: A look into both Madara and Hashirama's lives, and how it shaped them into what they eventually became.

- Words: 10,245 / - Works: 2 / - Complete: Yes

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- Posted: 2023-06-04

- Words: 1,480

- Fandom: One Piece (Anime & Manga)

- Synopsis:
When they leave Laugh Tale and pass Raftel, Roger is obligated to acknowledge that his days are counted.