EducatedAppalachian
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Joined: December 2024 Last seen: 11 days ago

Submitted Poems 3 total

Exile I watch them devour the world, teeth bared, eyes blank, gorging on power they’ll never hold. Their laughter, a hollow echo, their touch, cold as the coins they worship. I tried to follow, but their roads were lined with ash, their words,... – *by Educated Appalachian*	2 Views added 14 days ago	Rating
A Weary Traveler I don’t fit here. I am a stranger in this skin, watching a world that burns with ego, power, and hunger. They fight for things that mean nothing, build walls that crumble beneath their own weight. I can’t understand why peace is so hard to... – *by Educated Appalachian*	7 Views added 14 days ago	Rating
Lone Witness I walked among them once, their eyes open but unseeing, their steps brisk but hollow. Words passed between their lips, yet carried no weight, like smoke dissolving in the wind. Their hearts, driven by the hum of machines and the gleam of... – *by Educated Appalachian*	5 Views added 14 days ago	Rating

I watch them devour the world,
teeth bared, eyes blank,
gorging on power they’ll never hold.
Their laughter, a hollow echo,
their touch, cold as the coins
they worship.
I tried to follow,
but their roads were lined with ash,
their words,...

– by Educated Appalachian

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added 14 days ago

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A Weary Traveler

I don’t fit here.
I am a stranger in this skin,
watching a world that burns
with ego, power, and hunger.
They fight for things
that mean nothing,
build walls that crumble
beneath their own weight.
I can’t understand
why peace is so hard to...

– by Educated Appalachian

7 Views

added 14 days ago

Rating

Lone Witness

I walked among them once,
their eyes open but unseeing,
their steps brisk but hollow.
Words passed between their lips,
yet carried no weight,
like smoke dissolving in the wind.
Their hearts,
driven by the hum of machines
and the gleam of...

– by Educated Appalachian

5 Views

added 14 days ago

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