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The Poem
I
The station breathes without trains.
Tile sweat, a single bulb rehearsing its last word.
My name—whatever it was—falls through the grate.II
Ticket windows sleep with their mouths open.
Dust counts the days better than clocks.
Some nights, the rails hum with a rumor of return.III
On a bench bolted to no one, I fold myself small.
Between the timetables, an extra column:
Departures for those who were never here.IV
Wind drags the announcements across the floor.
Each letter becomes a footprint, each footprint a prayer.
The doors open to a platform made of rain.V
I leave a coin on the map where the city forgets its own name.
It spins, then lies like an eye that has seen enough.
Somewhere below, the archive whispers: stay until you vanish.
Notes from the Outpost
“Forgotten Outpost” is a small ritual for the places we pass through but never arrive. It belongs to the Meridian City current—rooms that remember, machines that keep a pulse after we’ve gone, and names that flicker like platform lights.
- Setting. A disused station: tile sweating, a tired bulb, ticket windows agape. The outpost keeps posture in the wind.
- Motive. To sit with the feeling of being “between” versions of yourself—the you that left, the you that almost returned.
- Sound. The companion track layers slow-breathing pads and distant metallic resonance, built to hold attention without grabbing it.
Use this piece for late-night writing, slow reading, journaling, breathwork, or to mark the end of the day when your thoughts still roam the platforms.
Try this quiet ritual
- Dim the room. One lamp—or headphones if you share space.
- Press play. Let the first minute set your breath (inhale 4, hold 2, exhale 6).
- Read once silently, then once aloud. Let the line breaks be your tempo.
- Write three lines that the station might whisper back to you.
- Save the track to your night playlist if it helped you focus.
Credits
- Poem: Somnio Poetica
- Music: Wartonno — “Forgotten Outpost”
- Visuals: Wartonno Art
- Project: DarkLofi / Meridian City
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