Tag: family
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Stages of Grief
I. Denial She tells herself that he is near,That nothing truly changed out here.Perhaps he only needs some space,Then soon she’ll feel his warm embrace. She reads old footprints in the ground,And swears he’ll surely come around.This isn’t ending. Not like this.Not after each touch and kiss. The forest whispers what she knows,But still she…
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The Inheritance of Survival
Why is it that when someone dies, we feel compelled to bury their ugliest truths alongside them? We sweep their failures beneath the rug, polish their memories until they gleam, and tell stories that soften the sharp edges of who they really were. The day you died, a part of me died with you. I…
