SHACKLED
https://thelavendergaze.com/2022/06/shackled/

There was a boy
who became a man.
Almost – not entirely.

Part of him would remain
in that space in-between ...

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Smile at a stranger

We crave connection. Yet, we live in a world that is so scared of it ...

https://thelavendergaze.com/2017/01/smile-at-a-stranger/