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Saltwater & Smoke: Poems of Almosts, Goodbyes, and What We Leave Behind

Book by Mason Carter · 3 quotes · Heartbreak, Love Quotes, Broken Hearted

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Saltwater & Smoke: Poems of Almosts, Goodbyes, and What We Leave Behind Quotes

“I have mastered the art of vanishing without ever leaving the room. I sit at tables where no one saves me a seat, where voices rise and fall like tides, but never crash against my shore. I nod, I smile, I speak— but my words evaporate midair, unanswered, unheard, like a prayer swallowed by an empty church.”

“The walls still hold your voice, thin as dust, settled into the cracks, soft enough that if I press my ear close, I swear I hear you breathing. The air is thick with almost-words, syllables that never found a home, sentences that collapsed before they reached my mouth.”