They came in loud.313Please respect copyright.PENANAuoPHRkTRU6
Not cruel, just brimming.313Please respect copyright.PENANAeLisHXzp35
The kind of person whose presence fills a room before they know if they’re welcome.
They looked at the walls, the bottles, the stillness of it all.
And then at me.313Please respect copyright.PENANAZFaailsjlt
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“You could be so much more.”
I said nothing at first.
I poured them a drink that cools the fever of ambition.
They drank.313Please respect copyright.PENANAM9RM2BFgAF
They blinked.313Please respect copyright.PENANAWb62WQJDHg
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“I am enough.”
They didn’t respond.
But they stayed a little longer.313Please respect copyright.PENANAZattslSJSE
They looked at the fire differently.313Please respect copyright.PENANAmENPrvAcNW
Quieter. As though realizing it had never needed to burn higher.313Please respect copyright.PENANAkmRmDe1LVK
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“Maybe that’s harder.”


