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            <title><![CDATA[Beyond the Silence of Time]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ozge  Durmus]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Nothing fades in the vastness of love</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*vkBil8QzbNp9Tvlk" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@marishphoto?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Maria Ivanova</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p>The world, our melody,<br>Its heartbeat, our rhythm.<br>And even when the music fades,<br>I wonder if its echo will remain.</p><p>They will say,<br>Once, there lived a friendship,<br>A story woven beyond time.<br>Two birds in human form,<br>Who found each other<br>In the vastness of a single lifetime.</p><p>And if the winds should carry us apart,<br>Perhaps they know a way<br>That we have yet to learn.</p><p>And when our hands meet again,<br>Will the world come to an end?<br>Or will it begin anew?</p><p>Tell me now,<br>Where do souls meet again?<br>Beyond the silence of time?<br>Behind the silk veil of life?</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=32ea63507f80" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/loose-words/beyond-the-silence-of-time-32ea63507f80">Beyond the Silence of Time</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/loose-words">Loose Words</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Something Has Been Set Free With Your Passing]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:52:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[My Demon in the Sea]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ioana Andrei]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:37:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[High]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ioana Andrei]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:22:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[DARVO]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ioana Andrei]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:17:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who Is She?]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ioana Andrei]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:54:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[check swing]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellison McBride]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:52:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Answer is Forever]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 22:31:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bliss of Life]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ozge  Durmus]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:56:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*wDWqx1P5pHpzhpVV" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@satyanto?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Hafidh Satyanto</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p>The echo of longing,<br> the call of unknowing,<br> scattered across the sky — <br> the particles of our souls<br> have no mission<br> other than glowing.</p><p>Funny,<br> how people ignore<br> the bliss of simply living,<br> and bury it beneath<br> towering concrete dreams,<br> where the men keep whispering:<br> ‘’Keep gaining, Keep owning’’</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=e2b2bb19581d" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/loose-words/bliss-of-life-e2b2bb19581d">Bliss of Life</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/loose-words">Loose Words</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Third-life crisis]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ioana Andrei]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:58:40 GMT</pubDate>
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