~●~After the battle~●~

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In shadows where whispers twist and curl, 
A thread of fate unfurls, 
Through layers thick, a spectral seam, 
Where reality blurs, and nightmares dream. 

Unseen currents sweep the air, 
With fleeting forms that drift and wear, 
In echoes soft, a muted chime, 
A clock unwound, escaping time. 

A world awash in faded hues, 
Where nothing's quite what it seems to choose, 
Beneath the veil of day and night, 
A pull unseen draws left and right. 

With every heartbeat, space contorts, 
In fleeting realms, a dancer cavorts, 
Lost in the flow, with no command, 
Stumbling forth in a dream-soaked land. 

One step forward, two steps back, 
Through kaleidoscopes of black and slack, 
Faces emerge, then blur away, 
In half-remembered games they play. 

The ground beneath shifts like sand, 
As whispers guide the trembling hand, 
A maze of thoughts, a tapestry frayed, 
With every heartbeat, the silence weighed. 

Colors fade, then burst anew, 
Past meets present in shades askew, 
A laughter echoes, sharp and clear, 
Yet none are left who truly hear. 

Time, a trickster, begins its dance, 
In every glance, a fleeting chance, 
To break the bond, to know the way, 
Yet here I stand, in shades of gray. 

Unbidden traveler, lost in the flow, 
With no destination, just to go, 
A ripple in fate, a wayward breeze, 
Caught in a net of forgotten pleas. 

So on I traverse, through realms unknown, 
With every heartbeat, I'm less alone, 
But pulled by forces beyond my sight, 
I journey onward, into the night. 

An endless waltz across the void, 
Where joy and sorrow are deftly toyed, 
Though not by will, this path I roam, 
In the vast expanse, I seek a home. 

Through whispers and shadows, I bid my time, 
Where dimensions dance, and rhythms rhyme, 
In the nebulous space, I find my voice, 
In the heart of chaos, I make my choice. 

To wander, to drift, to shift and sway, 
Through realms of legends, I lose my way, 
Yet in this journey, forever entwined, 
I embrace the unknown, both cruel and kind.