nostalgia

and a some heartache

Here is what the sea smells like.
It is more texture than scent, because the sea is primarily made of two substances that have no smell of their own: water and salt. Salt has no smell, but makes the air sting, and so all of the other smells of the sea are layered upon the pang of salt. Water has no smell but instead a comfort. We feel moisture as li

I think the scariest part of growing older is realizing how easy it is to disappear without anyone noticing. You stop showing up to things, you stop answering messages, and life still goes on without you. The world doesn’t pause, people don’t wait, and that realization is both freeing and heartbreaking at the same time.

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