These Things;

To move back into the bedroom you moved out of three years ago;

To see friends you haven't seen in years;

To talk about the friendship you left behind because you were being hurt;

To see pictures of what was and know it wasn't love;

To see engagement rings on friends at an age younger than your own;

To listen to a playlist of summer flashbacks that take you to 5, 6, 7 years ago;

These things are to remember love.

These things are to remember why you left.

These things are to rediscover home.

-Emma Lancaster

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