Being reachable feels like kindness.
Until the day has no edges left.
Every message is answered.
Every request is considered.
Every pause is filled with someone else’s need.
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The...
I sit down to do one thing.
Within minutes I am doing three others.
A notification.
A half-remembered task.
A tab that was already open.
You leave without saying...
The alarm rings.
Before my eyes are fully open, my hand is already moving.
Not toward water.
Not toward the window.
Toward you.
One small screen.
One quick check.
Just to...
