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Aaronthewriter1 ✍️'s avatar

amazing as usual!!!!

Antonio Castellaneta's avatar

What stayed with me most is that the piece never romanticized transformation completely.

It allowed beauty and damage to remain connected.

“The long silence of surviving” felt especially true to me, because so much writing about healing focuses on the after, while ignoring the strange suspended space in between.

And this line stayed burning quietly underneath the whole piece:

“They never tell you it makes you stranger.”

Ink and Light by Nat Hale's avatar

thank you for this, it is a journey we are all on and it helps to know you felt this piece. Great to meet you

Emmett Tatter's avatar

Great article as always. I love them! ✨✨🫡

Aaliya's avatar

Amazing piece !

ThePoetGatherer's avatar

Nat, this is brilliant!

ThePoetGatherer's avatar

Hello Nat, you’re most welcome. The comment is well deserved.

venus faye's avatar

what a breathtaking piece, nat. i loved reading every word. just lovely. truly. 💕

Ink and Light by Nat Hale's avatar

thank you so much. Your comments mean so much because I know you undertand

venus faye's avatar

yes. truly. it is no easy task what we are healing together. ❤️

Cory's avatar

Love this and you so much, Nat! ❤️

You are very rich indeed, with love. 😊