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A Note from the Doll

A doll writes home to the girl who loved her — a poem about leaving, change, and the long way love takes to return. For Lotus.

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Sorry for not saying goodbye — I didn't mean to leave you crying. But adventure called, and I had to go before the tears dried. I wrote to you in every wind, in every bird that flew past. I wanted you to know: I missed you, too. But like all journeys worth taking, I came back changed — still yours, just different. Love always returns. Sometimes it just takes the long way home

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— Ella Tan