The grapes that my hands wouldn’t reach were undoubtedly sour.
But I didn’t need sweet fruits that were like a lie. I didn’t need things like a fake understanding and a deceptive relationship.
What I wanted was that sour grape.
Even if it’s sour, even if it’s bitter, even if it’s disgusting, even if it’s full of poison, even if it didn’t exist, even if I couldn’t lay my hands on it, even if I wasn’t allowed to wish for it.


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