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I love reading, and when I can, writing too. What inspires me? I really have no clue. I will wake up one day and think, I'm going to write a poem.

  March 2025     1 day ago

Submitted Poems 14 total

For Nan.

I miss you in the quiet days,
the ones where time feels slow,
where echoes of your laughter dance
in places you used to know.

Your chair still sits beside the fire,
your flowers bloom in spring,
but nothing feels the way it did,
the way you...

– by Leigh Carter

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The Shadows Be Damned

They slink behind in silent tread,
A step beyond, yet never dead.
At noon they shrink, at dusk they grow,
Long fingers stretching in the glow.

They whisper lies in muted tones,
A chorus sung in brittle bones.
A promise sweet, a price unseen,...

– by Leigh Carter

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Silent Fucking Tears

I cry in the dark, no one fucking sees,
Silent tears dripping like a goddamn disease.
They burn like hell, but I don’t make a sound,
Choking on sorrow, too fucking proud.

Every tear’s a scream I won’t let out,
A goddamn storm in a whispering...

– by Leigh Carter

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Too Much to Let Go

I'm so tired.
Not just in my bones, but in my soul,
like the weight of the world has settled in my chest,
like every breath is a battle.

I want to stop.
Let the sky close in,
let the world spin without me,
let go of the fight I never asked...

– by Leigh Carter

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I Have to be Strong.

I have to be strong when the days feel long,
When the weight of the world says I don’t belong.
When my body is tired, my mind feels weak,
Yet still, I rise though my soul may creak.

I have to be strong when the nights are cold,
When memories...

– by Leigh Carter

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Latest Comments: 3 total

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Thank you. I live in the darkness, so I though I'd share how it makes me feel. :)

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Thank you. :)

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He's my go to for any kind of deep thought and talk. Thank you. :)

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