Family
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You look for an exit, whether through the trees or the sea of people, or even from the prison of your body. You can’t find one, so you choose to fight. Them, the situation, everything you hate, and even yourself. You hope you’re dreaming, that you’ll wake up in your bed, safe and sound. But…
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Where have I been all your life? I’ve been there, but not there entirely. When I was born you were nearly thirty and had already lived so much life without me. We had a few years together, just you and I, but I was too young to remember them. You hold the secret to what…
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There were no hospital visits for you. No loud sweeping exits, no shrieking machines to tell us that your heart stopped. It just did. Home, surrounded by all of your friends and family, you just left peacefully. I would have wished nothing more. Except maybe to talk with you one last time about all of…
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“I was a ghost on your birthday”- Transient Love by The Menzingers. The letter was one of the smaller gifts waiting for him in the stacked pile of large oblong boxes. Brian would have almost missed it and it would have been thrown away in the refuse of blue and green wrapping paper, and thin…
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I’m sure my dad’s life would have been a lot easier if I had been born a boy. Now don’t go mistaking this for pity or low self worth, it really would have been easier. Instead of artsy hobbies like writing and knitting, I could have been a boy and been into football and wrestling.…
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Sometimes I wonder what my life would have been like if my parents had stayed together, or if I had lived with my mom instead of my dad. I’m not sure either would have been better than the life I have right now, but it’s still interesting to think about at times.