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Wait

The worst goodbyes are the ones you give yourself. There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.– Rumi 10:19 a.m.At the airport,I called my mother."Guess where I am?"I didn't wait for an answer."I'm keeping my promise."I didn't let her speak.I hung up.I called my best friend."I'm keeping my promise."I hung up again.The boarding gate blinked.People wheeled their lives past me.Somewhere…

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After the Sparkle

Paris in the rain. There is a strange pain that comes from remembering something happily.-Khalil Gibran Play it before you read for better experience. “…we were staying in Paristo get away from your parents…”last weekend this song buzzed on my iPod,I stared at my abandoned blog, half-odd,ruminating on how little I’d post,then ruminating again, almost a ghost,as I write in real time, it strikes…

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Peripheral

I was always there, just never in focus. I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.–Robin Williams I remembered walking behind them,never beside them.I was never someone’s best friend,just the third friend.When the sidewalk narrowed,I was the one who stepped aside.Sometimes I pondered if I…

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For Sale Sign

I am not what I have done, I am what I have overcome. Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”– Seneca Every morning, as dawn softly stirs,I rise to a world where silence blurs.The chill drapes the air, a wintry refrain,And frost weaves its art on my windowpane.Yet through the veil of the foggy embrace,The garden emerges almost whimsical,I linger, thinking how the entire home…

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The Chrysalis of Redemption

We are not defined by our past actions but by the steps we take towards redemption. Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destination.-Zig Ziglar In the heart of the dense forest, where the trees whispered secrets to the wind and shadows danced with the light filtering through the canopy, a figure darted between the ancient trunks, his breath ragged, heart pounding against his ribcage like a…

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21

I don’t love the drama, it loves me.-Taylor Swift I don't know how one should feel at 21's door,A plenitude of time has passed, that much is sure.It seems peculiar, almost mysterious,Every year, I have felt my delicateness, my sweetness, and grown more clueless.In these 20 years, With all my love and fears.I have stood on the gateway to my dreams,When my heart howls, my legs quiver, yet my heart…

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Home?

Dear 2023, thanks for so many lessons! You belong where you are loved. Cassandra Clare That's the thing about home,The book I left upside down,stays the same,It's 4 in the afternoon, I lay in bed-my dearest childhood teddy bear,Is now occasionally my pillow,Sunbeam dancing on the curtain,And then,Onto my face.That's the thing about home,sometimes, it makes you feel incomplete,Like a jigsaw…

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11:11

There’s love in holding. There’s love in letting go. Elizabeth Berg It's 11:11, I want to call youto tell you,that I have been thinking about you,It's all on me.It's really all on me.I've never felt this abashed,so empty, as if my heart is getting clasped from the inside.It strangles me, eats me,that I let you go,For you deserved some one better than me,I felt, at that moment,A cut above 'good…

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