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We can get
accustomed
to being too
familiar
with the
familiar
paths in life
under the
mesmerizing
mood
of
moonlight
starlight
or
streetlight
and
wind-up
taking
unwitting
detours off
these
familiar
paths in the
light of day
and lose
our way.
© 2025 Daniel Tucker
 Jul 15 Mélissa
alia
Step 1: Smile.
Step 2: Forget why.
Step 3: Keep your voice steady
when your soul is not.
Step 4: Pretend it’s fine.
(Everyone else is.)

Step 5: Fold your feelings
into paper birds.
Set them loose.
Watch them burn mid-air.
Clap softly.
Repeat.

There is no final step.
You just keep going
until you don’t know
what breaking feels like anymore.
"Men have opinions too."
No ****, of course they do.—
She murmurs as he rolls his eyes.
Maybe that’s the reason she tries.

"Men have opinions too."
She obviously knows that’s true.
She wouldn’t be the feminist she is,
If it weren’t for words like his.

"Men have opinions too."
If they didn’t you couldn’t say that,
COULD YOU?
So my uncle told me this. It was after his wife said that she kinda wishes she had not changed her last name (to his) and I declared that I am not changing my last name for a man, and if I had kids they’d have the same surname as me (‘cause like I would be the one birthing them). And my uncle no **** says: “MEN HAVE OPINIONS TOO” Like yeah Sherlock of course they do.
There's always a reason to believe

love is underlying.

Believe that when someone is too close,

it's love.

Blind fools will argue that she or he is not the one.

Yet he or she is a prospect.

A figure in which you find

peace

in silence.
Don't let **** smack you in the face before you smell it
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