Documenting growth through dark fiction and real-life progression. Still searching for the end of my galaxy through writing, learning, running in nature, photography, and building confidence through movement.https://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mml5wvi5bc2i24 May 2026 04:48 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mml5wvi5bc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mmf6tficzk2tMy bed for the next 16 hours. Got a 16 hour layover21 May 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmf6tficzk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mmf6pvxb2s2tThese things are massive. My first time flying21 May 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmf6pvxb2s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mmcd6243sk2yStarting a new read tonight20 May 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcd6243sk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mm6nmb3u5c2xIt's so interesting to me. No matter where you go, or head off to. People are always in the rush, towards something.... Does that something even matter? Is the better question to ask19 May 2026 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6nmb3u5c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mm6ncruywk2k19 May 2026 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6ncruywk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mm6nbrmsns2kThe bus is a bit shaky, along with our roads. So please bare with me, with the poor quality pic19 May 2026 05:18 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6nbrmsns2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mm6n76d4vk2kOur journey has begun and I am so thankful for each and every moment of it so fat19 May 2026 05:17 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6n76d4vk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mluixy2lvs2yThose eyes holding light, Though they have Seen much darkness in this False world we call ours. Let's bring it back to being a home for each other15 May 2026 04:34 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluixy2lvs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mlrynul2sk2rALSO IT'S THE LAST FOUR DAYS BEFORE MY TRIP. I AM BEYOND EXCITED ABD I AM SO GLAD I CAN SHARE IT WITH THE AMAZING PEOPLE ON HERE *VERY BIG HUGS TO ALL*14 May 2026 04:37 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrynul2sk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mlryltlkuc2r This has been something I have been thinking about for a while now and I still don't know "You aren't just my healer. You're the man who made me feel alive in a world that's been trying to kill me since the day I was born. So tell me... is it really 'wrong' to want the man who saved your soul?"14 May 2026 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlryltlkuc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mlkha7hbys2fForged into something now, someone new. Stronger, kinder, gentler,wiser, but not weak or meak11 May 2026 04:37 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkha7hbys2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mlcuxcgbe22qThe sunset we had last night08 May 2026 04:21 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcuxcgbe22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mlcuvi4n5s2qKings: I see the fires rising spiraling Twisting and turning Like knives in the night Kings coming and going The throne left yearning The people pleading For hope to happen Tho all is as the throne Empty08 May 2026 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcuvi4n5s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mlbyvi27422wNever be afraid of the fall07 May 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbyvi27422whttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mlbnj2uvvk2qOne of my favorite movies. It's something I thought about a lot while watching it. It's funny how much being sick changes your view of a movie07 May 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbnj2uvvk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mlbmktql7s22It's easier said than not. When the thoughts flood yet the mouth can't convey. Poetry is the way. To let your heart bloom and for it to say the unsaid words of the heart forever soaring and roaring [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbmktql7s22https://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mlbmarkw2222Samuel: Oh Samuel, I cried. I screamed until my spirit ached, My thoughts looming like shadows Too heavy to name. I sought a voice, A sign, A hand to guide me Yet silence answered. The divine felt distant, Dry upon my tongue, And in my searching I found closed doors instead.07 May 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbmarkw2222https://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mlbm76d5f222Fever finally broke!!!!! Also a bit of an update. It's only 14 days left before my trip. I have been such a mix of excited, exhausted, happy, saddened, desiring, despairing. Tho all said. I am glad it's finally coming all together07 May 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbm76d5f222https://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3ml24sphlq22hRuth: Loyal, yet lonely, Afraid, yet faithful. A past that could not hold me, Now I stand With a heart once empty, Now made whole. Hoping, coping, Falling, standing Through quiet faithfulness, I am redeemed, And I am free.04 May 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml24sphlq22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mkytpczjjk25Sorry everyone I haven't said or posted much. The fever I have had got really bad, so I had to take a small break. I wish you all well and from the bottom of my heart. HUGS TO ALL04 May 2026 04:32 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkytpczjjk25https://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mkytm7jopk25Judges: Standing without aim or sight, Without wisdom, without guidance— Paths branching, Paths returning, Paths that lead me back again. Walking, yet never arriving, Seeing, yet never claiming— Falling, rising, falling once more, A cycle I cannot break.04 May 2026 04:30 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkytm7jopk25https://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mkmbomtzo22uWriting a psychological horror. Right now it's just a short story and a very early work in progress, however it's been one, I have been wanting for a long while now and I finally have some time in the nights to put into it. Name: Drowning [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 04:37 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmbomtzo22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mkmbi3izis2uJoshua: I stand here now. Ready and steady My path ahead No fear or worry in my head My soul oh so bold My heart beating an breathing My sight clear my path laid set out without fear.29 Apr 2026 04:34 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmbi3izis2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mkl6o56jns23If u know this one. Lets be friends hehe [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkl6o56jns23https://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mkkx54dtbk2uI once did a short story about elves and I hated it so much because I see elves as these high and uptight aholes, so I really didn't like writing about them. Fyi I did unalive them all at the end. I just really hate writing high class society [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkx54dtbk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mkkwmlmkbs2uThe power to manipulate the dreams of those he comes into contact with, to shape them from dreams of hope, heroics, and drive to the most vilest of nightmares, where the very idea of a hero doesn't exist. Making every single attempt feel in vain. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkwmlmkbs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dukewrites.bsky.social/post/3mkkw6dhevs2eAmazing design. I love the white and slight grey's [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:ljkqdkrofjitpmleevo7nyus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkw6dhevs2e