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> the shack
> the hollow
> the wound in the world
> even if the land’s been wipd off the maps
> even if the town is forgotten
> I remember
> and that’s enough
> drive toward the forest
> roads twist
> sky gets darker the closer I get
> clouds don’t move right
> trees lean toward the car
> like they’ve been waiting
> eventually GPS cuts out
> but I keep driving
> let instinct guide me
> and finally, I see it
> not a town
> just a clearing
> fog swirling like it’s breathing
> and in the center:
> the shack
> fresh
> rebuilt again
> waiting
> walk inside
> railroad spike in hand
> everything is still
> like time’s been paused for me
> bed is made
> mirror on the wall
> candles lit, even though I didn’t light them
> air smells like iron and lavender
> and it is there
> sitting in the corner
> cant see its form
> just a shadow in a shadow
> keeps flickering, like static trying to take shape
> sometimes it looks like grandma
> sometimes like me
> sometimes like something with *no face at all*
> it speaks, but not with a mouth
> just a voice inside my skull
> scraping at my thoughts
> “You carried me. You fed me. You remembered. Now finish it.”
> “Give me a name.”
> I laugh, not sure why but maybe because
> because I finally get it
> it’s not just haunting me
> it’s part of me
> I brought it back
> not because I was brave
> not because I was chosen
> but because I listened
> when I should have run
> when I gave Cora her name
> I made space for something else
> a hollow
> a vacancy
> and now it wants to fill it
> “What happens if I do?”
9/?
> the shack
> the hollow
> the wound in the world
> even if the land’s been wipd off the maps
> even if the town is forgotten
> I remember
> and that’s enough
> drive toward the forest
> roads twist
> sky gets darker the closer I get
> clouds don’t move right
> trees lean toward the car
> like they’ve been waiting
> eventually GPS cuts out
> but I keep driving
> let instinct guide me
> and finally, I see it
> not a town
> just a clearing
> fog swirling like it’s breathing
> and in the center:
> the shack
> fresh
> rebuilt again
> waiting
> walk inside
> railroad spike in hand
> everything is still
> like time’s been paused for me
> bed is made
> mirror on the wall
> candles lit, even though I didn’t light them
> air smells like iron and lavender
> and it is there
> sitting in the corner
> cant see its form
> just a shadow in a shadow
> keeps flickering, like static trying to take shape
> sometimes it looks like grandma
> sometimes like me
> sometimes like something with *no face at all*
> it speaks, but not with a mouth
> just a voice inside my skull
> scraping at my thoughts
> “You carried me. You fed me. You remembered. Now finish it.”
> “Give me a name.”
> I laugh, not sure why but maybe because
> because I finally get it
> it’s not just haunting me
> it’s part of me
> I brought it back
> not because I was brave
> not because I was chosen
> but because I listened
> when I should have run
> when I gave Cora her name
> I made space for something else
> a hollow
> a vacancy
> and now it wants to fill it
> “What happens if I do?”
9/?
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