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Thousands of Red Strings

July 6, 2024
By ishani_s BRONZE, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
ishani_s BRONZE, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
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Red strings of fate

Tie us to our significant others.

Invisible threads

Connect us to our soulmates.


But what is this feeling?

My heart feels like

It’s trapped in broken strings.

None of which are my loved ones’.


Why does the death of a stranger

Affect me so much?

I barely knew him.


That’s when I realized.

I’m only human.

My heart knows nothing but

Loving and Breaking.


Innocence and Emotion,

Trapped into one.

My heart signals my eyes

To release what it’s stored.


Not a single word

Was exchanged between us.

Yet, somehow the red string of fate

Had connected us after all.


A red string of empathy

And compassion

And humaneness.

Everything a person needs in a lifetime.


The author's comments:

This piece was written a while ago when I was affected by a certain event, but I'm glad I rediscovered it...


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