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James (HVR)'s avatar

It always lingers. Always remains. Always stays behind.

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Same here ❤️‍🩹

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Thank you for feeling this with me. It really makes me happy 💜

The Stranger's avatar

"I am the only one

still loving us."

This really hit 💔 I can relate.

Really beautiful 🖤

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Thank you 🥹💜

Humanitarians Unite!'s avatar

Yes, for me it was that line that undid me. 💕💔

Salt & Pomegranate's avatar

The pivot from sensual memory to imagined memory was brilliantly disorienting. That “Except, of course, none of it ever happened” lands like a physical blow because by then the reader has already inhabited it with you. Stunning as always.

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Thank you 🥹💜 I really appreciate it

imi's avatar

Reading this felt heartbreakingly painfully familiar. It reminded me of my former relationship. I love what came out of this duo. It really spoke to me.

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Aww thank you both.

Sam was the perfect partner in crime.

Thank you for feeling it with me Imi 💜

Appreciate you

imi's avatar

Always ❤️

Sam’s Spaghetti's avatar

Thank you, Imi! Kasu is the genius, but she read me like a book as well!

imi's avatar

I bet she did ❤️‍🔥

Night Cracks's avatar

Another successful collab? Well cooked, you two!

Also: pixel art surroundings 🖤💛🩷

Sam’s Spaghetti's avatar

Thank you, lovely 🥰

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Thank you 🥹💜

itsmichelled_'s avatar

okay this was both heartbreaking & beautiful --- definitely lingering for me ♡

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Thamk you 🥹🙏🏻

Rosebella Moon's avatar

This piece captures the intensity of imagined intimacy and unfulfilled attachment with a painful clarity that feels both tender and self aware.

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Thank you 💜 that’s exactly how it should feel 🥹

Rosebella Moon's avatar

Yeah you are welcome and is there any chance can we talk in dms

Kim Williams, M.Div.'s avatar

Sometimes, a glimpse of...a momentary brush with another marks us forever.

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

That’s exactly it. One fleeting encounter can leave marks that last forever 💜

Kim Williams, M.Div.'s avatar

I have so many marks. 🙃😃😏

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Same here 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🤣 I'm small wounds for a reason! Hahaha

Joe's avatar

Beautiful story and voice over

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Thank you 💜💜

AsukaHotaru's avatar

That empty instant coffee cup..? Why does it know the whole morning better than both of them...

Cierra Angeline's avatar

I love this so much. I wwasnt expecting to resonate with it, but it brought up memories 🌧️🩶

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Thank you Cierra 🥰

Brandi Lynn's avatar

The sudden, crushing drop from that beautifully vivid, imagined morning to the cold reality of his actual absence makes the grief of mourning a life you never even got to live feel devastatingly lonely ✨

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Thank you Brandi for reading and feeling it 💜

Elijah Westin's avatar

oof. I am the only one still loving us.

yep..

been there..

Also beautiful voice over sam!

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Right? Her voiceover is so good! 💜

Thank you for reading love!

Alicia's avatar

I felt this poem in my body. Expressed so beautifully and moving, both words and voice. Amazing job, ladies!!!

Kasu (small wounds)'s avatar

Thank you Alicia 🥹💜 that means a lot!

Sam’s Spaghetti's avatar

Thanks, bestie!!!

The Quantum Quill's avatar

I have felt and experienced these things in my own ways, more than once.

I am sure that you still hold space for them.