<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:58:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@davidmax/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Free]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the first time in months my heart has felt relief. It's such a shame that I held on too long to the memory of what I thought you were. I should've seen clearly, known better and read through the telltale]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/free</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/free</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidmax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 06:32:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rhnba9M2gZPS1cpV7XxGRshUt6dYohLNFd8wvdo4QWPML8KtC4cyb5FxYxXeUTDgNNsnyRSkySN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I made a resolution to move on, I am told you reflect badly on me and make me do things I usually won't do when you're absent. I don't know if you cast a spell on me or if its just some longing in me that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/why</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/why</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidmax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:23:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgeGZgVSzwBjzAR1k2zC2ry3JqeFpS2cFvk87pL7PwmGoNSJMh3YmPm36bxLcSPJATEwufkrXAE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Boy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fear not little one, I am watching over you. My gaze may not be visible but I see your every step. When I birth you into this world, my empty heart became full, and I will do anything to keep it that way.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/my-boy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/my-boy</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidmax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 06:29:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rguJcCJdSN6mo8tfonT5FxHkF5cKXpZEDbhKMHtJdZ8QoCXUp2E4RaUspJAKA2v1EPswqFVXu4z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Us Dance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Its been some time since I heard your voice and this night I long for it. I long for it more than ever before and I know you feel it too wherever you are. My love let us dance under this moonlight, let]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/let-us-dance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/let-us-dance</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidmax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 01:44:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgym5yAtRUyUtUtfSvPJfhrZxbpaycmEjFmA5PVb93TeAQpwnD7bnY5SPTY6tPcTdZHD7aUEMSN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Beautiful Place]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have seen the world and it is a beautiful place. The story of the old widow and the countless champions she's raised, the ever waving soft grass that stubbornly grows on my lawn, the miracle of birth]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/a-beautiful-place</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/a-beautiful-place</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidmax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:13:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgVEBngCSbBvyTcxuewdu9AJCfyhK1d9Mu4sKoqVDFFiU8Ai7EX8NbpeSb8pAHRxZEaDd1QafR8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the Name of Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[So much wrong is done in the name of love; debt accumulated, trust betrayed, friends killed, and nations ruined just to please Cleopatra. When will this ego madness end? 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I am past that now]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/the-victor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/the-victor</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidmax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 22:21:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgVk4rXSv1vAVh7fvx96ykLqXWAU8ZVi3XoSzWubbM2XYv8md95bX9iE3MUdKTKBGJ9vbd8LM8S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Dark in Here]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dagger that thrust my heart wasn't metal, it was the empty promises you fed me when I told you I was starving from your absent love. Even then you kept reassuring me, telling me to stop thinking much]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/it-s-dark-in-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/it-s-dark-in-here</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidmax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 22:44:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgQqyHyUoTdG2MDQ74AoJQeKt61BqAMJJwRL91JBE5LJiMRNaWd443ce1FcqvYE7DRWQyRrH5Hg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stage]]></title><description><![CDATA[The stage is lit, my mind is set. I was born for this, there's no regret. The very air knows this and gives soothing relief even under this scourging Sun. This audience is mine and mine alone, as many]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/the-stage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/the-stage</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidmax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 08:54:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnWkoUqKTRX5MWtk38AVRtSDxyAZpoo8CKyv4f6BLxqZ3RYMFh3fxhV9vT3Q4KQbQ9Ui4QEmktQn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LIFE ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life is an endless role of opportunities. An ever evolving tale whose length goes as far as the galaxy. 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I would've sworn I knew her but she is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/mother-nature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/mother-nature</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidmax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2023 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFkxbnGCXnHPUK3daVLCQA4oDc4ixodBF1GbtztFjzxnNHh3HQ61hjJwLeKtW5Gf9Wgp9h87CBnaubUkpv8XCti5JbCotWQzbEx9RnyBYV6J17ka?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Courage of an Independent Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[It takes courage to stand for what is right, lots of courage to face a loaded gun and not twitch. 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How is it you forgot]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/abandoned</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/abandoned</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidmax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2023 17:31:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnVwj8Jh7UWB5DZtUoVD9Ah1qp843zdL6gcT2BtjdsUEkA8tSXbUDwj32MKNWQ8tbYiq5jXSCxU6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abscund]]></title><description><![CDATA[You think and worry but I couldn't care less. For as long as I can remember, the world has ever been plunged in chaos. Save a life today and tomorrow it comes to haunt you. Kill a soul today still forever]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/abscund</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/abscund</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidmax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 20:13:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnVDNKYcir2J6XG6wuy4CjTPpf16QfUySq87k14Xkdd9EHj71axpH5MKEYZfFM2ugRdVqYGuW2iJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Enchantress]]></title><description><![CDATA[Standing, I sank deep in the pool of memories. The enchanted strings on that Eastern instrument has pulled me into the abyss that is ecstasy. 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I then realized I couldn't be betrayed if I only had me.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/resolution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@davidmax/resolution</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[davidmax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 21:06:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Xodzbzq3oX4BziL6kxQ23sqMfnP6Vqjkw29Nn4v944AP3bEw1SH1jx3D4sxHb2NoyDJiM8dbDtjonhD64xsEV2SwBLmPGqJ25eWPQwXaBRfFWNneDfPEgnFat4TPVu5zDnqFg5v5wzycRw3u5j28AFpjwuiczcNnBoCaXBT1qhBBzrgdcCQ6drN9LPeLVvBAQZubHvPkJTUmH1pELupHNoJh9xBraEXD3zyc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was told you were supreme, that no wrong did with you goes unpunished. I was told you were keen, and precise and right. That no man, king or ruler was above you dictate, no one could question you. 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