A Life Unwritten

Jun 05, 2026

A Haiku String or Series

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A life unwritten
is a life lost to the past,
a life forgotten.

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A life forgotten
makes not one single ripple,
passes unnoticed.

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Passes unnoticed
as a forsaken shadow,
neither dark nor light.

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Neither dark nor light,
lest anyone disclose it,
slips, silent, through cracks.

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Slips, silent, through cracks
through a system unspoken,
so a life is lived.

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So a life is lived,
and it forever remains
a life unwritten.

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Ah, motivation/slips away almost each day: "get off the pot or....?

A Poet's Journey