I.. stopped writing.
I didn't know how else to cry louder than that.

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The healing power of a
old, tattered, comfy tshirt
on a hard weekend
is unparalleled.
Sometimes
you don't need
your demons tamed.
A little reprieve
from their chokehold
is good enough.

That'll do.
A breath,
short enough
to know you aren't in control
but long enough
for the sting to
remind you you are alive still.

That will do!

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Somewhere between
crying loudly
to make a specific someone
look at us
and
crying absolutely mute
just so a particular someone
won't catch us in tears
we all grew up.

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This wild,
is as tame as
you are going to get out of me.

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Part 1

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© Sara Jothi

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The next time
I get to stand alone by the waves,
You might be the only thing
I tell my ocean about

And for some reason,
right this moment,
that is the single most thing that scares me.

That You..,
You could be it! — % &

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When you get to be someone someday,
remember the people who smiled the same
when you were a nobody.

They are yours.
And they are in your life to stay.— % &

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