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You placed your hand on the small of my back gentle, familiar, nothing new. We kissed, but only the kind that lacks a pause, a pull, a scene to cut to. The doors hissed open. You stepped outside. I stayed behind, still holding breath. I didn’t look up, I couldn’t decide if your eyes held warmth, or just the end. What if they begged me not to move? Or worse, looked through me, blank and kind? So I stared ahead, not brave enough to read the truth you’d leave behind. But just before the train pulled free I caught your eyes. And they caught me.
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Oct 2, 2025
Oct 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM UTC
Part 1: Dhoby Ghaut
You placed your hand on the small of my back gentle, familiar, nothing new. We kissed, but only the kind that lacks a pause, a pull, a scene to cut to. The doors hissed open. You stepped outside. I stayed behind, still holding breath. I didn’t look up, I couldn’t decide if your eyes held warmth, or just the end. What if they begged me not to move? Or worse, looked through me, blank and kind? So I stared ahead, not brave enough to read the truth you’d leave behind. But just before the train pulled free I caught your eyes. And they caught me.
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Oct 2, 2025
Oct 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM UTC
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