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Muse On Fire


I made it to

the edge of thought

with consciousness

ablaze

I escaped the fire

but not the heat

all memory

a haze

I just got out

when fate attacked

from inside

burns the past

To leave me orphaned

without a home

my legacy

— in ash

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2025)

 

 

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