Content Note: This poem reflects on past relationships, loss, and the quiet act of letting go. It may touch on emotionally sensitive themes. Hinweis: Dieses Gedicht reflektiert vergangene Beziehungen, Verlust und den stillen Akt des Loslassens. Es kann Themen ansprechen, die emotional berühren.

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going through old pictures of us — the ghost of you, so far away, still living in my closet.

looking at them, seeing the young girl with dreamy eyes and a shy smile.

tears come up — I cry for the life she once dreamed of. was it all a lie?

sometimes it feels like it never happened. I want to let go of the past, to destroy every thought.

I need to get rid of the last trace of you — still hiding in my closet. everything I once was when you were in my life.

I rip the pictures from the albums — holiday and wedding. I destroy them, to tear the last thing of you out of my world.

looking at the young girl — and still, I cry.

Snapshot argentique Bretagne Vannes sculture Vannes et  femme magasin vélo 1950

8,8 x 6,4 cm 

Snapshot argentique Suisse  Berne Fontaine aout 1950

9,1 x 6,2 cm