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The Unpartnered Woman

 

Symbol: The Flame Within a Frame
A fire too honest for the container. A life that kept glowing outside the lines.

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You’re not single.
You’re sovereign.

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They built a box for you—

called it “someday,”
called it “someone,”
called it “not quite yet.”

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But you didn’t wait for someone to arrive.
You arrived for yourself.

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You learned how to hold your own aloneness like a candle,
how to decorate your silence with music,
how to find ritual in mornings without company.

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You’ve never been incomplete.
You’ve just been too radiant for the frame.

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You are not a placeholder.


You are not almost.


You are not prepping for a real life that starts when someone picks you.

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You are the flame within the frame.
Too expansive. Too exact. Too glorious to shrink just to fit.

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You are not “still single.”
You are not behind.
You are not waiting.

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You are burning beautifully right now.
And anyone who sees you clearly will feel it like light against skin.*

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