Samuel Decker Thompson

We are all just a car crash, a diagnosis, an unexpected phone call, a newfound love, or a broken heart away from becoming a completely different person. How beautifully fragile are we that so many things can take but a moment to alter who we are for forever? -@SamuelDeckerT – at Tucson, AZ

There was a time when meeting someone new made your heart race for all the right reasons. The thought of falling in love felt like standing at the edge of something beautiful, eager to discover what waited on the other side. Now your heart races because you've learned what ...

We continue passing through each other's days, carrying years of tenderness in the silence between us. I still know the language of your laughter, the geography of your face, your little habits that still make me grin ... -Samuel Decker Thompson #spokenword #poetry

Someday, when the evening grows too quiet and you reach across the emptiness for the warmth I used to leave beside you, I hope you understand that I never wanted to become a stranger. I stayed until there was nothing left of my dignity but ... #poetry #spokenword

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There is a grief unlike any other, the kind that comes when you discover that the hands you held for so many seasons belonged to someone you had never truly known. You begin wandering backward through the years, and every ... #spokenword #poetry

There are people who leave because love became impossible, and others who leave because your usefulness ran out. Wisdom is learning the difference, but closure is in the moment you stop chasing an explanation from someone whose absence has already given you one.

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There are people who hold us like water in their hands, careful enough not to spill us, yet never willing to drink deeply. They walk beside us through every season, offering warm smiles, shared silences, and promises wrapped in delicate paper ...

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Sometimes, what hurts the most is not that people leave, it is that they forget how many times you found reasons to always stay. -Samuel Decker Thompson #poetry #spokenword

I had six parlays tonight that missed only one thing, which was @wemby needing to get to 25 pts. I was out doing something with my kids and couldn't watch the game, can somebody tell me why he didn't score those last 3pts when there was 8 minutes left? Cost me about $600. Injury?