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What they told a friend in regard to you

"They still talk about you like you're an echo they're trying to forget, but never quite can. They said you were 'different' - - not better, not worse, just unforgettable in a way that messed them up. The kind of memory that sneaks into silence. They laugh when your name comes up, but there's a pause right after -- like something unsaid just choked the room."

What you're starting to realize

And maybe what you're starting to realize… is that you're still living in the pauses of other people's sentences. You've been trying to move on, but the narrative won't close because you never got the last word. The realization isn't loud -- it creeps in during the mundane, in the space between your plans.