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Lᵘᵐᶦⁿᵒˢᶦᵖʰᵒʳᶦᶜ✧

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By KomalPublished 5 months ago • 1 min read

╭─〔 𝒾𝓉 𝒹𝒾𝒹𝓃’𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝓇𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒶 𝑔𝒾𝒻𝓉 〕─╮

it arrived like a confession

made out of metal and light.

⟦ ✧ 𝒶 𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓀𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒 ✧ ⟧

not just something to WEAR.

something that felt like

it already remembered my NECK

before it ever touched it.

╭──〔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 〕──╮

our initials

NOT carved.

NOT placed.

but ✦ E M B E D D E D ✦

like the universe got CAREless and accidentally wrote poetry.

⟪t w o letters⟫

pretending to be simple,

but carrying an entire language

only WE know how to read.

╭─〔 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒾𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 〕─╮

it didn’t feel like possession.

it felt like r e c o g n i t i o n.

like something in me whispered—

“oh… so this is what being remembered feels like.”

and suddenly,

the world became softer around the edges.

TIME didn’t stop.

it just... BOWED.

╭─〔 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓁𝓈 〕─╮

weren’t just symbols anymore—

they became a ᵗⁱⁿʸ universe looped in gold or silver

or whatever material love secretly prefers.

and I swear,

when I held it closer,

it didn’t feel like 𝓙𝓮𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓻𝔂

it felt like I was holding a version of US that had already survived everything

we haven’t lived yet.

a quiet promise

(without needing words)

a memory

(before memory even begins)

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About the Creator

Komal

I write poems and stories that hit the feels.

When I’m not lost in my own plots, I’m either daydreaming about the next big idea or just winging life with a grin.

𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℙ𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒𝕟 𝕀𝕄ℙ𝔸ℂ𝕋

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    Written by Komal