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Tethered to the Other Side
--- I was standing at the end of the hallway, just outside the bedroom where she died, holding the locket she gave me, as tightly as I could, hoping it might tether her soul long enough for one last goodbye. She would’ve turned twenty-one next month; I had just turned twenty-two. I stood there, paralyzed, as the candlelight flickered unnaturally in the corner of the room. I didn’t know how to explain the cold that rolled through the hallway or the way the air thickened like fog. Forty-eight hours ago, we had danced in the field behind my house beneath a moon so full it lit her eyes like stars. Now, those eyes stared from photographs, still warm with memory. The priest had just finished the rites, but the house hadn’t let her go. Not completely. It had only been ten days since she whispered to me that the shadows were watching. Ten days from butterflies in her stomach to frost in her veins. When the clock in the hall stopped ticking, it marked not just the end of her life—but the beginning of something neither of us could name. This was the breach, the splinter between worlds, when love refused to leave even as death came knocking.
By Kashi's Mindspace10 months ago in Confessions
Thriving in a Digital World: My Journey to Mental Wellness as a Student
In today’s fast-paced digital age, student life is more demanding than ever before. We’re constantly expected to juggle academic workloads, social commitments, part-time jobs, and personal goals—all while staying connected online 24/7. For many of us, it feels like the line between productivity and burnout is becoming thinner every day.
By Kashi's Mindspace10 months ago in Education
