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I realize, that doors aren't symbolic. I've made a lot of similar realizations-- windows aren't escapes, the ocean isn't freedom, and roses are a flower, not a floral representation of love. Closing the door behind you is not saying goodbye. It's keeping the cold air outside out and the hollowing heartbreak in, behind, with me. So maybe I can't let go of symbolism. But isn't some kind of semblance of a poem better then what it really is? The door closing behind you? Isn't anything better then that?
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Jul 1, 2016
Jul 1, 2016 at 4:33 AM UTC
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I realize, that doors aren't symbolic. I've made a lot of similar realizations-- windows aren't escapes, the ocean isn't freedom, and roses are a flower, not a floral representation of love. Closing the door behind you is not saying goodbye. It's keeping the cold air outside out and the hollowing heartbreak in, behind, with me. So maybe I can't let go of symbolism. But isn't some kind of semblance of a poem better then what it really is? The door closing behind you? Isn't anything better then that?
hunter-grace-simpson
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Jul 1, 2016
Jul 1, 2016 at 4:33 AM UTC
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