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There were tiny stars behind my eyelids, a whole galaxy of tiny, spinning stars.

Lucy Christopher

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Lucy Christopher
Age: 54
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You looked at me, your eyes huge. You we're like a dog then, waiting for me to throw you a bone . . . waiting for something I could never give you.
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I could hear you, talking to the daffodils and tulips, whispering to the fairies that lived inside their petals. Each separate flower had a different family inside it.
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The deep blue of your eyes had secrets. I wanted them.
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It was like I’d stepped out into an afterlife. Only there were no angels.
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The land wants you here. I want you here, you called. Don't you care about that at all?
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I remember that feeling of skin. It's strange to remember touch more than thought. But my fingers still tingle with it.
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There is no need to put your heart in a bottle, then you will die. - Ty from Stolen
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In a moment, when I'm ready, I will turn off this computer and that will be it. This letter will be finished. A part of me doesn't want to stop writing to you, but I need to. For both of us.
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You smiled then, and your whole face changed with it. It kind of lit up, like there were sunbeams coming from inside you.
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Everyone wanted answers I wasn't ready to give.
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This be OK?' I asked, innocently. 'You want me to have no skin left?' You rolled your eyes. Actually, don't answer that one.
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I thought you wanted to catch a camel, you tried again. No. I want to. Well, you go then. You laughed. I want your beautiful face where I can see it
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Far, far away something made a single ghostly howl, like a banshee in the dark.
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Where are you going? I asked. The middle of nowhere. I thought this was it. Nah. You shook your head. This is just the edge.
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