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After the Storm



He used to be the weather.

Not just in the house—he was the house,

and the thunder inside it.

A man made of sharp corners and heavy steps,

always arriving before his voice did,

shaking the walls,

scattering the light.


We learned to live like shadows,

quiet, careful,

memorizing moods like forecasts.

We never knew which way the wind would blow—

only that we’d feel it

when it did.


Now—

the storm’s passed.

Not with a bang,

but a silence so loud

it bends the floorboards.


The voices that once filled the rooms

have gone still.

Not angry.

Just… gone.


He sits in the quiet like it’s foreign.

Like he forgot

how it got so quiet in the first place.


The chair holds him different now—

not like a man,

but like a memory

sagging under its own weight.

The eyes that once sparked lightning

now flicker with confusion

and something almost like regret.


And me?

I sit nearby,

not with anger,

but something softer—

a kind of mourning

for the man he almost was,

and the peace we never knew how to make.


Because even storms

deserve a sky

that forgives them

once they’ve passed.


Until next time,