emotional connection
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At seventeen, safety arrived through a voice across the distance, leaving behind the ache of wondering what might have happened at another time.
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A quiet hope that her name lives in someone else’s silences as often as theirs lives in hers.
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Someone slips quietly into every thought until affection becomes wildfire and even tomorrow begins wearing their face.
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Love ruins poetry in the best way when one person begins haunting every metaphor, every page, and every unwritten name.
Between Bruises & Blooms 