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Allegra's avatar

Beautifully expressed and wisely felt, this is powerful !

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Marius's avatar

I never quite know how to respond to this kind of comment, but I’m grateful it touched something.

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shoup's avatar

"But when that need dies, meaning dies with it. And what’s left is not a better story. It’s the absence of story altogether." Isn't “the absence of story” still a thought ABOUT absence? I’ve never seen absence—only ever the story of its absence.

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Marius's avatar

Yes. It’s still a story. But when there’s nothing to hold onto, even that falls away. Language can’t do much here, but sometimes it can point.

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shoup's avatar

Yes, the relationship, the belief in a better story changes

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Marius's avatar

When it's all said and done. Nothing really makes sense anymore. What I share is the mind's interpretation of experiences that never happened.

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shoup's avatar

I appreciate your beautiful description and how words come together in these writings. Thank you

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solarkey's avatar

wow. this moved me to tears. thank you

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