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Featured in the 2022-2023 edition of the Pickwick Papers.
Philia by Sydney Elmore
there is no love around me,
how can there be when there’s no one by my side?
i search
and search
and still i’m left standing on my own.
happy couples walk by
mocking me;
illuminating the one thing that i don’t have,
the one thing that is absent in my life
love.
i stand defeated
no one to love.
no one to receive love from.
i’m left hopeless
joyless
loveless.
i lean on my sister’s shoulder
i cry into her chest.
i rant and ramble to my friends
they listen despite the same old ‘love’ story.
i laugh
i cry
i smile
i love
with them.
stories say that love
is found searching in the fairy tale ending.
but,
love is more than just a partner by your side.
it’s found with the people around you,
a love you don’t need to search far for.
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