Jodi

I thought the hard part was past for you.

I'd thought that before though.

And maybe it is now.

The supple, fine cord of your life frayed and unraveled years ago. Somehow it held together, until it didn't.

You tried to cut the rope yourself, years ago.

I wonder if the damage you did then finally wore through, snapping the brittle edges.

(I suspect there may have been a manufacturers defect that didn't help.)

I wondered what would come next for you. I honestly thought there would be a next.

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The thing that breaks my heart is not that I don't understand.

It's that I do.