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vaishu kothi's avatar

“we are here on earth to walk each other home!!”wow just wow

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Sara's avatar

read this on the subway ride on my way to work and it's so moving...how lucky one is to experience a love like the one you describe. How wonderful is to take the way the people we love see us and make it a part of ourselves <3

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Gruffydd's avatar

Best post yet :)

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AG's avatar

That is so beautiful, Ava. I suspect you give yourself too little credit; I suspect someone has to be ready for a love like that, even if it didn’t feel that way. Anyway, I’m so jealous!

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Diordaemon's avatar

Such a beautifu piece thank you

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AG's avatar

This may be a stupid question, but how does one 'resubmit' the Typeform?

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Angie's avatar

I just went through a break-up, and I've read many stories of love/loss in the process. None have moved me as much as this one has. I really resonate w/ continuing to love someone even after the label of 'partner' is peeled off. Most people are ashamed of that love, want to shuck off that feeling asap, but with your piece I felt an acceptance/gratitude instead. There's a majesty to love that lingers beyond relationship terms, and I think you captured it so well with the lines of "the room you're locked in / the room you would return to."

I shared it with my old partner and he also really related to the quote around "groove worn into the earth by repetitive pacing over thousands of days." Thank you for writing this and sharing so vulnerably.

Oh one more thing - the dominant feeling of most break-up pieces is either sadness or anger, which totally makes sense because you're losing something so precious. But this is the first break-up piece I've read that was actually about love

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Benyam Ephrem's avatar

wow

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sky's avatar

I’ve never commented on a substack post, but this moved me so much that I had to thank you for sharing this with us. <3

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Evan Hu's avatar

So exquisite and beautiful!

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𝓜 ✶'s avatar

Omg reading this made me think of someone who loved me in 2022 his name also starts with S 🥺

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Ore Ogundipe's avatar

Wow! Just wow

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madison michelle's avatar

im so lucky to have this as well, thank u for putting it into words so i can show them <3

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Trey S's avatar

it's so hard to navigate the end of a loving relationship. love is frozen in amber, beautiful and timeless; buried in an earthen mass which calls to be crass and ephemeral

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Terry's avatar

Looking at and reflecting on my own life through the prism of yours is such a gift. Thank you.

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