{"sf1_id":2105233,"sf2_id":"rn6zRknv","title":"Binding Promise","author":"Nenekiri","words":78,"posted_at":"2024-02-14T17:56:21.000Z","tags":["Chain","Poetry","contract"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2105233-binding-promise","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rn6zRknv","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/0d/eb/0debd26b-7f1d-4c89-b972-b8a81f74140f","description":"Happy Valentine's Day!   \n  \nHere's a heavy poem which I hope turns happy and hopeful at the end. Putting into words the weird ways in which I've pushed through depressive thoughts helps me to be better at recognizing and working through them in the future. Remember today especially that you are loved and have a place here.","content":"When I go to publish something\n\nI sign a different kind of contract\n\nOne with myself, dense with personal legalese\n\nThat I will remain to see it through\n\nI won't leave, yet\n\nI can't leave\n\nAfter all, I'm waiting for the story to begin\n\nAnd I need to see what happens\n\nAnd the chains on my soul\n\nThat I've bound myself up in\n\nDon't feel very heavy\n\nWhen I hear someone say\n\n\"You helped me to stay too\"","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1896669-ode-to-the-gay-bar-i-was-too-chickenshit-to-go-to.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2143497-i-ll-try-to-pencil-you-in.json"}}