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I've been keeping a journal of trips I wish you'd taken with me. An album of photos you should have been in. A list of nights I wish you'd spent in my passenger seat. I've been collecting all of our favorite pieces of myself in a mason jar; Fireflies to leave by your bedside so if you wake up in the middle of the night you won't feel alone. I know too well the hourglass purgatory that is your absence; Frighteningly similar to the sensation of waking up in empty darkness, unable to remember falling asleep.
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Mar 28, 2016
Mar 28, 2016 at 12:45 AM UTC
The Ghost I've never known
I've been keeping a journal of trips I wish you'd taken with me. An album of photos you should have been in. A list of nights I wish you'd spent in my passenger seat. I've been collecting all of our favorite pieces of myself in a mason jar; Fireflies to leave by your bedside so if you wake up in the middle of the night you won't feel alone. I know too well the hourglass purgatory that is your absence; Frighteningly similar to the sensation of waking up in empty darkness, unable to remember falling asleep.
Salsawater
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Mar 28, 2016
Mar 28, 2016 at 12:45 AM UTC
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