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You are not a burden. You are tired— not broken. You are in need— not too much. You are still here— That is triumph.…

We ran for the running, chased nothing, won joy. Grass-stained knees Popsicle tongues Palms full of gravel and glory. I was a mom-shaped kid— barefoot, loud, rebecome. And you— you…

I was a mother. I was a wife. I was— —I was The door clicks shut— and I’m breathless air, a question unasked, unformed. The street rings under unmoored…

In that fractured hour, time cracked like a bone, breath split sharp between throat and bone— each swell a surge, dragging me under, muscles clenched like fists, knuckles white, tight,…

Author’s note: Learning Czech is like… We started with coffee and a casual clause. Then you slipped into instrumental— and I never recovered. You’re the kind of language…

Lick the slip of it—peach-slick, spun. Let plump pulse press on soft lip. Murmur the vowel: round, ripe, low. Teeth tease juice from golden syllable skin. This line swells…