Contest Title: The weight of an unspoken goodbye.1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjzdGbGcgj 尼

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I held your name1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oQ8PbGnNl 尼

like a flame cupped in trembling hands—1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUz4gKpx75 尼

too afraid of the wind,1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡUD4gNtRa15 尼

too afraid of myself.1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡQE0eN3SHt9 尼

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The night you left,1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJ8NKv1I2X 尼

the world did not shatter—1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdOGhiIkjY 尼

it simply folded inwards,1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFomzpt6UD 尼

a quiet implosion1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡajdaONdJHJ 尼

that only I could hear.1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsd8w5bcKA 尼

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I walked through rooms1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡBm577iR5wt 尼

where your laughter once lived,1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCaxp6mCwI 尼

and the walls stared back at me1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMd3OVltCh 尼

with blank, merciless silence.1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKokYRcAdm 尼

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I wished for numbness,1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzvWtLAk4K 尼

prayed for the mercy of emptiness.1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8pwAdMKaA 尼

But grief is cruel—1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1w2jBIEed 尼

it doesn’t burn,1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36R7uoEfCo 尼

it lingers like frost,1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡOj6BVksENR 尼

slowly devouring every corner of your skin1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRvUGCAyk8 尼

until even breathing feels borrowed.1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxipIWggwA 尼

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I tell myself,1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgjkNdMfvd 尼

if I could just turn the switch,1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfmadjJLkt 尼

shut off the heart,1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAVG7viJJj 尼

silence the echoes—1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6jaOifpZk 尼

maybe I could learn to stand1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJ0PD7ntfI 尼

without collapsing into memory.1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0m2nDr2cp 尼

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But the truth is—1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFAAjT5i7q 尼

even in this loneliness,1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡ107CsrM3Yn 尼

even in this hollow where you used to be,1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQNAY8u2yT 尼

I still love you.1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡehNUsPoUjP 尼

And it is that love—1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHc7tbdH3s 尼

wild, unbearable, unkillable—1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmB1f8mw0G 尼

that keeps me here,1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgIaTdywC2 尼

longing for a tomorrow1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡnd2UdWLBhb 尼

you will never see.1234 copyright protection189ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVyyeqepMb 尼

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