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Kritigri Unbottled

@kritigri-unbottled.bsky.social

Here is where I come to share the poetry I have written. Please be kind, and do not share or re-upload anything here without crediting me. It shouldn't have to be said, but I do not use AI in any way; support human made art.

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Kritigri Unbottled @kritigri-unbottled.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Aches and Pains #Poetry #Poem

Aches and Pains by @kritigri-unbottled

Surely I am yet too young
For my bones to ache to the marrow;
Surely I am yet too young
To be this world weary, this heartsick,
This bitter at my lot in life.
I have not yet begun to live, it feels,
And yet I am crushed by the weight of my years,
My patience ground to dust by this city.
You will find my dreams in the pavement,
Hopes set deep in the concrete,
Trod flat, set firm by years of passage,
Duty smothering desire,
Fatigue shackling me to my fate.
Surely, it is not so bad as all that!
Surely - for reasons of this and that!
Tell that to my feet, my heart, my pounding head;
Tell that to my vast and rythmic dread.

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Kritigri Unbottled @kritigri-unbottled.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Odyssey #Poem #Poetry

Odyssey by @kritigri-unbottled

Step by faltering step
I have made my way
From the warmth,
From the safety of this fire,
Into the careless dark,
Trading wishes for needs,
Aspiration for survival,
Soft voices of encouragement
Turning harsh, demanding;
It strikes me that this world
Only allows children their dreams,
Before shoving them out
Into that cold wilderness
And expecting them to thrive.
And so I continue, weary,
On this reluctant odyssey,
Never stopping long enough
To soothe my aching feet,
Haunted by dreams
I am not afforded time to pursue,
Ambition languishing, malnourished,
Far from those who would feed its flame.

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Kritigri Unbottled @kritigri-unbottled.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Leviathan #Poem #Poetry

Leviathan by @kritigri-unbottled

Part of me is grateful
For the aches, the hurts, the pains,
The hollow longings and sleepless wishings;
Part of me is grateful,
For it is by the light of that burning candle
That I have charted these halls,
These chambers, this inner labyrinth,
And borne witness to the leviathan
That moves within me,
That wondrous, dreadful thing.

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Kritigri Unbottled @kritigri-unbottled.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Inwardly #Poem #Poetry

Inwardly by @kritigri-unbottled

I live in dreams;
Step by careful step
I explore the corners of my soul,
Weaving a tapestry of mirth and joy
To wrap round my sleeping form,
And when I wake,
For I must wake,
I make do,
And attend to what is demanded of me.

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Kritigri Unbottled @kritigri-unbottled.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Do You Hear Yourselves? #Poem #Poetry

Do You Hear Yourselves? by @kritigri-unbottled

Do you hear yourselves?
When you poison our skies
With your profit margins,
When you spew your sewage
Into our oceans,
Choking our wildlife
To bolster that bottom line,
Do you hear yourselves?
When you vandalise our galleries
With machine made tripe,
When you replace what moves us
With regurgitated slop,
And you dare to call it art,
Do you hear yourselves?
When you lie so loudly
Through smiling teeth,
Do you think you sound convincing?
For the good of the people,
For the good of the planet,
You surround yourself with sycophants
To drown out the noise
Of the billions who rightly loathe you,
Do you hear yourselves?
As you dance atop our burning world,
Praising yourself into the wind
For turning your paper money into crypto,
Who will bail you out
When the cost of your hubris
Brings us all to ruin?
Laugh it up while you can,
We all burn the same.

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Kritigri Unbottled @kritigri-unbottled.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

May also use this account to post episodes of my little solo self-reflection podcast. Recorded one tonight for the first time in a little while, because I've been a few weeks in trying to find the words for how I feel. open.spotify.com/episode/5dON...