Beneath the Surface
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Last published Thu, Aug 28, 2025
There are some feelings that never really die; they simply bide their time. Having escaped a devouring and tumultuous passion that had left its lasting impression, a new relationship brings the promise of peace.
The ghostly shadow of the past tenaciously adheres to the present, refusing to recede into oblivion. Riven between the dangerous familiarity of what has been and the uncertain temptation of what the future may bring, a young man is drawn inexorably to deal with a cruel fact: the ineluctable cycle of heartbreak can be broken only by embracing and coming to terms with precisely the history that spawned it in the first instance.
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