stepping into your heart (on hold)
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strawberryculture
Ongoing, First published Jan 31, 2023
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SLOW BURN!

sometimes living as close to your dreams as possible without actually being able to reach them is a compromise as in "this is as good as it gets. Or at least that's what we tell ourselves if we've given up on them completely. 
  
  And that's how it usually stays, as a comprise.
  
 Unless you're lucky enough to have those people next to you , not only because they believe in you, but because they make you believe in yourself and that you can have each star in the sky that you've reached for your whole life. 
  
 They know that those stars belong here, shining in your eyes as you fulfill each and every one of your aspirations.
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