When Vows Were Made In Silence
Sunny D.and every morning the way home gets longer and longerthe vacancy that sat in my heartthe world you grew up in no longer existstheir hearts are far from me
It surprised him how instinctive the gesture was.
At home, faith had once been strategy. Then it had become fire. Later, it turned into responsibility. Now, in the city, it was the only familiar thing that had followed him intact. He opened it without intention, letting the thin pages fall where they wished. His eyes moved across words he had read before, yet tonight they felt strangely unanchored—like letters looking for a voice.
He closed the book.
“God,” he whispered, unsure whether he was calling or accusing. “I am here.”
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