I Lived

Jun 01, 2026

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This is my entry for Day 30’s microfiction prompt in The Halls of Pandemonium challenge. Check out other entries from the final week here.

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Death comes for us all,
but somehow I thought it would skip me.
I should be scared, but honestly?
I’m relieved.

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I’ve survived, but never lived.
I’ve slept, but I’ve never had rest.
I’ve fought for every sunrise, and for what?
Just to be alone with my regrets?

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I didn’t change the world,
but maybe I changed a few lives?
I left so many things undone.
So many stories left unwritten.

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I tried to make a difference.
I really did.
I know no one will remember that I died.
But maybe, just maybe
they’ll remember that I lived.

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