With threads of your hair, you stitched up my soul,
Each strand a tether to moments unspoken.
I’d sit cross-legged, the floor cool beneath us,
While your hands worked through my tangles,
Carrying stories I was too young to know.
The oil, warm and thick, glistened in your palm—
Jasmine, sharp and sweet, filled the air between us.
Your fingers moved with...
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