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Brianna Endrina's avatar

“stripping away every layer of my certainty until i’m naked with nothing but questions.” was when my attention was no where else but in this substack. Just wow.

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Nichole Pricha's avatar

This hit me in so many ways. Incredibly written.

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Alchemy of the Stars 🧿's avatar

Absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing 🥹😍✨

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Kaitlin LaRosa's avatar

My favorite type of poetry, thank you!

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Francesca's avatar

Wow Christopher! This blew me away 🥲

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Arbab Musa's avatar

This was so beautiful.

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Lauren's avatar

Oh my.

Every line of this was delightful and magnificent, with no syllable wasted.

Thank you for creating. And existing.

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carlitos “el dragon" 🐉's avatar

the way you write i can feel in my bones holy shit

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Seema Nayyar Tewari's avatar

The Universe is not an account keeper:)) neither judge or jury; and, certainly does not listen to prayers and petitions and remonstrations.

It just is!

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Irene's avatar

oh how much i love this!!! reading this first thing in the morning definitely has set a tone for the entire day to come. thank you so so much for sharing, incredibly written <3

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Chad R Herman's avatar

I once read that we are the universe learning to exist. This was an amazing poem. I loved the way you attached names to her and then unattached them at the end. Great piece.keeo up the amazing poetry.

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Chiara's avatar

@Florence Given

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Lisa McCrohan's avatar

Gorgeous!!!!!

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Caroline's avatar

Breathtakingly beautiful.

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Val González's avatar

This is one of my favorite things I have read in my life. Thanks for writing it

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William Burke's avatar

Oh my God! Who are you?? This is brilliant and beautiful.

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