Natalie Beisner

They Always Love Her Best

–from far away. That is her finest light. They never say as much with their mouths, but she has learned to hear them anyway, learned to listen for the sound of their footsteps going always and away. She has heard enough to understand that when she lets them get too near, that is when their feet turn, to carry love elsewhere…

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