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By Chloe Glassie
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A river in his arms
The sun set on a silent Sunday. The orange in the sky stayed a little longer today while I cried a river in his arms. The cry of a mourning person. The loud exhale and bottomless sea of tears. Puffy eyes. Snotty nose. Warmth and heat. He embraced me in his arms so tightly, clutching at my hand and I could have sworn he was crying too. We laid there within each other, both grieving in loud silence and knowing that this was an embrace that neither of us wanted to end. It told o
Chloe Glassie
Nov 211 min read
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