Ashley McMahon

Joined July 2022

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Aspiring writer, lackadaisical poet, disappointed idealist, formerly gifted child.

Trying to unlearn the lie of wasted potential.

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Words out of aether
Words out of Aether Fall into this wond'ring well spurring winds of change
By Ashley McMahonabout a year ago in Poets
I used to read proverbs
I once had found a saying wise It danced before my very eyes But when time came to show I knew I could not tell what I should do
By Ashley McMahonabout a year ago in Poets
wish
lines of ancient light Illuminate the stillness and make my dream true
By Ashley McMahonabout a year ago in Poets
Strangers on the train
I keep trying to make eye contact with strangers on the train— maybe we’ll connect, silently smile, awkwardly look away.
By Ashley McMahonabout a year ago in Poets
Twilight tears
I know you. Lost in a land of daytime twilight, navigating impossible shapes, forever halfway between where you were
By Ashley McMahonabout a year ago in Poets
Cope
While blueish hues lift into an eve of golden cloud, lights as old as ages brim the vanishing cumulus shroud. They scatter before a city sky,
By Ashley McMahonabout a year ago in Poets
Repair
Breathe in the sky, breathe out the ocean, o cloudy eyes, o words unspoken. Wisper the wind, set fields in motion, away, grey skys,
By Ashley McMahonabout a year ago in Poets
The man who joined vocal
There once was a man who joined vocal after seeing he could win a boat full He tapped out some poetry Sniffed at it knowingly
By Ashley McMahonabout a year ago in Poets
Sweet inner child
Those adult eyes see only lies, so don't believe your visions. Inside you beats an anxious heart, held back by inhibitions.
By Ashley McMahonabout a year ago in Poets
Forest for the Firs
Stuck again in the feeling that I might have nothing. Nothing worthy or worth any earthly whim. These things I call mine.
By Ashley McMahonabout a year ago in Poets

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Words out of aether

I used to read proverbs

wish

Strangers on the train

Twilight tears

Cope

Repair

The man who joined vocal

Sweet inner child

Forest for the Firs

Stories (22)