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suansita k.'s avatar

I love how this went from kissing to cats to "it takes more power to be kind in an unkind room than it does to win it, more courage to touch gently than to grab, to listen than to speak, to hold space than to fill it. And softness is not surrender but discipline, not fragility but form."👌

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Varnit's avatar

This is beautifully written. I got teary eyed towards the end reading this.

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Kirk Gordon's avatar

Brilliant, Sherry. Sweet but never saccharine. Loved floating my way through this.

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Kim Barnes Paperstories's avatar

So many lovely words woven together in a tapestry of softness. Just beautiful .

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Caroline Beuley's avatar

Your writing and your cat are beautiful :)

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stepfanie tyler's avatar

Fitzgerald is such a handsome boi

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Patrick M. Lydon's avatar

Can't believe all the places you just took us ... and that it was all an ode to softness.

Thank you :-)

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Mira!'s avatar

This is perfect in every way 💛

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JMH's avatar

So lovely ...

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Toronto Observer's avatar

You reminded me through this piece that the best kisses - the ones you remember forever -- are always unrushed, spontaneous, reciprocal exchanges of softness.

And I agree with @John Munroe, too! :-)

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John Munroe's avatar

This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read. The part above the poem. The poem itself. And the part below the poem. Thank you.

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