Very poignant. Beautiful as always PJ.

I agree, smdasilva. There’s a painful hopelessness in there. Hard for me to read this and feel unscathed by sadness— especially since it’s not a matter of ‘if’ the strings will break but rather ‘when’.

It’s abstract yet relatable. We know just how fragile the circumstance is by your use of gossamer to describe the strings. I appreciated that subtlety.

sounds like someone has overexerted herself, but it’s beautifully wrought, really.

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Matters of the heart, it sounds like this person has some life changing decisions to make?

Any choice is the right choice, not making a choice is the wrong choice to make. (That hurt!)

And you used one of my favorite words, Gossamer.

I don’t know if the comma at the very end was a typo or intentional, but it was my favorite part. It left it feeling unfinished in a perfect way, still waiting…