#Everything, All At Once

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gray galleon
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The places you live
are not where I can go

not really

because I have learned
that some homes
are not meant to be kept

only visited
in memory
in late nights
in the space between thoughts

Gravity
feels different now

not like falling
but like being pulled
toward something
I am not sure I am allowed to hold

and still
I don’t resist it

The softest thing I know
is how easily this could break

how something so quiet
so careful
can still carry
so much weight

If you could see yourself
standing where I am

you might understand
why this is harder than it looks

why something this simple
does not feel simple at all

The way you exist
in my life

is not loud
not certain

but it lingers

in the way silence feels different
after you leave

Time slows around you
just enough
to make me notice

how quickly it all disappears again

how moments stretch
only to end

Your voice
stays longer than you do

it echoes
in places I wish it wouldn’t

because it reminds me
of what I don’t have

When you’re quiet
I think too much

fill in the gaps
with things I’ll never ask

with answers
I’m not sure I want

The first time I noticed
I didn’t know
what it would become

and maybe that’s the problem

some things grow
before you can decide
if you were ready

The way you care
is real

and that’s what makes this harder

because there is no easy reason
to walk away

nothing to blame

Safe
was never supposed to feel like this

not something
I have to question

not something
I have to measure

What we don’t say
has become everything

it sits between us
in every almost
in every pause
in every moment
that could have been more

And I think
that’s what hurts

not that you were never mine

but that you were close enough
to feel like you could be

and just far enough
to never fully stay

14/14

Part 13: https://discord.com/channels/944439929734312006/1484387436791468212

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short shoal
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Last ping for awhile ppl's/pinky swears

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Love this poem btw.

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gray galleon
# short shoal Love this poem btw.

Thank you, it’s a little less romantic than the rest, but it combines the names from every one before it. We also broke up the day before so it was less for her, and more about finishing what I started. 13 was longer because things felt off and I was hoping it would help. Idk. Interesting time foso

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@short shoal make sure you read the rest of them! They are meant to be enjoyed in order, like one of those advent calendars you get for Christmas 😂 but it was for Valentine’s

short shoal
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Keeps writing! Remember it's healthy, and then close the book and go do something positive for yourself.
I'll read one more for the night. Ping me in the one you want to show.

short shoal
quiet zenith
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Follow for follow?

gray galleon
quiet zenith
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All you do is /follow and type my name

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quiet zenith
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or if I do write, I would limit my pings to once a day

gray galleon
quiet zenith
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I understand, me too.

short shoal