Some relationships die by withholding. People keep asking if I will reconnect like there is not a whole graveyard of attempts already. I grieve the language we never learned in time. The silence has a family resemblance all its own. It hurts differently when the person could call and chooses not to. There is no funeral for the version of your family you kept hoping might arrive. There is no funeral for the version of your family you kept hoping might arrive. The silence has a family resemblance all its own.
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