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When the Light Forgot Me

I whispered your name
into the bruise of the storm
and it whispered back
like it missed me too.

Your voice—
I remember it
like warmth
I no longer deserve.

They keep telling me
the sky is clearing,
but I am rain.
I am always rain.

And when I tried
to let you go,
my fingers bled
from the holding.

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Date: 5/23/2025 2:31:00 PM

Bold feelings

Alesia Leach
Date: 5/23/2025 4:48:00 PM

Sometimes bold feelings are the only ones that stay. Thank you for sitting with this one, even in the storm.

Tom Woody

Date: 5/19/2025 6:13:00 AM

Such yearning, missing. Emotions felt

Alesia Leach
Date: 5/23/2025 4:34:00 PM

Thank you, Tom. That sense of missing--of trying to let go while still aching--was at the heart of this piece. I’m grateful the emotion carried through. Some storms just live in us.

Paige Hind

Date: 5/18/2025 2:21:00 PM

Dear Alesia, the sun is just behind the rain. Okay? Keep it behind you always.

Alesia Leach
Date: 5/19/2025 1:32:00 PM

That brought tears, Paige--thank you. Sometimes it’s hard to remember the sun is still there when you can’t feel it. But your words? They’re a little warmth all their own. I’m holding them close.