Composed Desire

Composed Desire

we assume that what cannot be displayed must not be substantial

some people gave you everything they could. it just didn’t come with an audience so you didn’t count it

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Umi
Sep 10, 2026
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Some love arrives so quietly that by the time you recognize it, you have already accused it of never coming.

We are taught to look for love in declarations. In flowers delivered to offices, photographs posted on birthdays, expensive adornments. We learn to measure devotion by how convincingly it can be witnessed and because public love is easier to ident…

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