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Rebecca Cook's avatar

"I am still standing in the doorframe of your goodbye. " This line is maybe my favorite, but there are so MANY to choose from! This is lovely....it's like an ode to lost love, or rather, almost-lost love, because this speaker can keep holding on forever if she wants to. This is strong. And filmy/gauzy. It's salty the way a breeze can be salty. And the image of the speaker pulling him by his pocket, risking herself---it is just f'ing STELLAR!!!!

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Nazish Nasim's avatar

Thank you so much, Rebecca. I wanted to write more, but I have found that this particular length of posts are well tolerated on Substack 💓💕

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Rebecca Cook's avatar

But it’s so well worth writing more. Or more of this in another piece. You could write more and submit it elsewhere?

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Nazish Nasim's avatar

That's a great idea, Rebecca. Do you really think it is good enough? Publishable material?

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HANNAH's avatar

I agree with Rebecca that line! I am still standing in the doorway of your goodbye is unbelievable but the whole piece is so moving xx

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Nazish Nasim's avatar

Thank you so much, Hannah. Someday maybe we can sit together and I’d love to tell you more. Xx

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HANNAH's avatar

I would like that very much Nazish x

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David Kirkby's avatar

Well, dear Nazish - so much to love here.

"My distractions wear your one silver earring. My dreams sound like your footsteps walking away. "

You capture the essence of how a love becomes part of you, and why the loss of a lover feels so physical....

Then you have to decide what to do with that love.

Best Wishes - Dave

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Nazish Nasim's avatar

It is physical. Yes. Even when the love was hardly physical. Some loves just cut you that deep to the bone, dear Dave.

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Conny Borgelioen's avatar

I'm very moved by the visceralness with which you describe this loss, Nazish!

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Nazish Nasim's avatar

Thank you, Conny. Part of it is real and part is fiction.

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rena's avatar

"I am still standing in the doorframe of your goodbye."

A magnificent phrase. When I say a singular word moves your writing forward, in this case it would be "doorframe"

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Nazish Nasim's avatar

Ah, I see now! ☺️❤️❤️❤️

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Jennifer Wagner's avatar

Breathtaking!! “I am still standing in the doorframe of your goodbye.” Gave me goosebumps ♥️

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Nazish Nasim's avatar

I am so glad that it spoke to you, Jen. Part of it is fiction. An extension, I dreamed up. But part of it is very very real. 💕💕💕

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Rea de Miranda's avatar

Oh my goodness, Nazish! Beautiful! ❤️❤️

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Nazish Nasim's avatar

Thank you so much, Rea ❤️❤️❤️

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Som's avatar

ahhh. Boundless beauty. Only one with a beautiful heart can pen this !

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Nazish Nasim's avatar

That's great praise coming from you, Som. Thank you so much 😊

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Rajani Radhakrishnan's avatar

So much raw emotion but I was struck by this line: I am still standing in the doorframe of your goodbye...

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