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Working: Volume 2, Number 3 - Issue 7 Autumn 2023
 

Scorpio ​​Zodiac Highlight

The Day I Found the Letter You Wrote Comparing Me to Satan
Victoria James
I’ve never questioned who I am
or who I am as a significant other
Son, we are worried about you
we don’t see this ending well.
 
I’ve loved your son more than myself,
I choose him first, think of him first.
She is leading you down
that dark path.
 
Our life together, full of laughter, quirky traditions,
endless road trips, constant support,
and unwavering connection.
Satan is moving in ways
you don’t see.
 
I often treated your and yours better
than me and my own, setting what was important
aside to be a part of your outings.
She is pulling you away
from church and your family.
 
I supported your son,
going to numerous historical visits and lectures,
selling fireworks during my free time.
His dreams were mine too because I would
follow him to any state, to the ends of the earth.
You have dreams and a bright future ahead
but we worry you won’t with her.
 
You took me in when my own family
moved to make room for my brother and his kids,
not giving me enough space to live with them.
We see the negatives
and it’s her.
 
We’d dated for two years at that point.
Now, eleven years together, six married.
You're sacrificing your life
for her and you’ll be unhappy.
 
I moved to your hometown -
his grandparents are here.
He got a job doing what he loves,
traveling and selling fireworks
like he grew up doing.
Are you really happy?
Like honestly happy?
 
We live for each other, love our life,
spending the weekends sleeping in,
adopting a puppy who runs our lives,
only doing things that make us smile.
We’re responsible, mature adults,
saving and preparing for our future,
doing things in our own time, not in yours.
Is she okay, she seems upset, she’s quiet​
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