They came in loud.61Please respect copyright.PENANArGOHg5Kk6n
Not cruel, just brimming.61Please respect copyright.PENANAg678oiY0Nh
The kind of person whose presence fills a room before they know if they’re welcome.
They looked at the walls, the bottles, the stillness of it all.
And then at me.61Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4VVpT2Ta9
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“You could be so much more.”
I said nothing at first.
I poured them a drink that cools the fever of ambition.
They drank.61Please respect copyright.PENANAKLkT6jncyj
They blinked.61Please respect copyright.PENANAxZpmNN5Ydt
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“I am enough.”
They didn’t respond.
But they stayed a little longer.61Please respect copyright.PENANAVVNz1PWxnH
They looked at the fire differently.61Please respect copyright.PENANANXRHG7vn3s
Quieter. As though realizing it had never needed to burn higher.61Please respect copyright.PENANAyPJ54WuExk
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“Maybe that’s harder.”