the darkness got there first, 4

Image 4: Hurt

But it’s not always going to be about you. Someone will be left behind. Someone will have to deal with their own particular transitions – personal, social, financial – that your departure generated.

Maybe there’s a headstone somewhere to anchor their change, like a giant paperweights, holding things down, keeping them were they are supposed to be, to make it look official. As though looking official will make it start to feel real, somehow.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.30.2025

Posted on September 9, 2025, in Photography and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.

  1. I wonder if the “favorite” children know who they are…

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