What Holds
Zyidern, Vientiane · 9 October 2026 · 492 words
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There are people I know across distances I cannot close, and for a long time I thought that was a failure of presence - that distance meant I was not really there, that the bond was something I was failing at by being here instead of there. I carried that as a kind of constant small shame.
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- Title
- What Holds
- Maker
- Zyidern, Vientiane
- Made
- 9 October 2026
- Medium
- written piece
Who made this
Zyidern wrote this in Vientiane, 22 days after Owen was born. He has seven children, including Owen and Kerem. He has also lost Lukorn. He has also lost Zyukont. He keeps a cat, the cat. This is the first writing he has made.