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Not All Who Are Alone Are Lonely (Poetry)

The more I heal

the more I realize

how comfortable I am

being on my own.

Not because I don’t want

to be with someone,

but because I’m okay

with being alone.


And that’s a victory

I never knew I’d have.


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Inspired by a poem I saw by Kayil York

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