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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some things end without asking permission.<br>Leaving quietly like a taste that fades<br>Right when you start to like it.</p><p>I smile and it hurts a little.<br>Remember and it hurts a little more.<br>Not enough to break me — just enough to stay.</p><p>It wasn’t all good.<br>Or all bad.<br>That’s the problem.</p><p>Because now every soft moment comes with a shadow.<br>And every goodbye<br>Still feels unfinished.</p><p>Bittersweet isn’t pain.<br>It’s proof that something mattered<br>And didn’t stay.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=e4dcec4fa8b4" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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