Voyager 2020-2021

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The Ones You Love by DeAndre Smith

On January 31, at 3:23 a.m. to be precise, I awoke.

From my perspective, the understanding of one’s feelings and emotions have been on a consistent downward slope.

I Love You, is what I thought I heard, but those were just the words that deceived my perception of the reality of what I was feeling.

These words bend the soul and leave you with no choice but to allow that warm comforting feeling.

It’s like a cup of hot chocolate on a chilly winter night or like a cup of coffee on a Monday morning before a seemingly long week ahead of you.

You use these words often on the ones you love, so I stand here asking myself and others, do the ones you love, love you?

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