They came in loud.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuyPUVyw84
Not cruel, just brimming.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtJEhsHbuc
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQaVT5Be57e
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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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksXXcxXmi8
They blinked.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeJuQXbERo
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“I am enough.”
They didn’t respond.
But they stayed a little longer.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3fQR2urgR
They looked at the fire differently.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0pnc7fqgh
Quieter. As though realizing it had never needed to burn higher.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXUPyevQUm
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“Maybe that’s harder.”
and then Add to home screen.