Stepped over it

by lxvia · 11/01/2026
Published 11/01/2026 18:46

Stepped over it.

A faded hopscotch grid

on the cracked pavement.

Rain had smeared the lines

into sad, pale ghosts.


A broken pink stick

lay beside it, dissolving.

Going nowhere.

Like most things.


Just a mess.

Pointless.

Wash away, why don't you?

Get it over with.

#childhood nostalgia #existential ennui #futility #loss of innocence #melancholy #urban decay

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