elusive nostalgia | daphne | Substack

the human desire to remember and be remembered

the years have piled on top of us like thick sediment, a layer of lime that slowly suffocates.

Feb 12 • daphne

Recent posts

empathy is a luxury i can't afford

notes from inside a body that gave too much

Dec 12, 2025 • daphne

nobody is thinking about you

when the world seems to move on without you

Oct 10, 2025 • daphne

the intimacy of dialing a dead person’s number

like a prayer you don’t believe in but are too scared to stop saying

Jul 30, 2025 • daphne

you mourn because it looks better than guilt

you flinch when touched, but you’re fine

Jul 5, 2025 • daphne

guilt follows me around like a stray dog

we walk the same streets now

Jun 23, 2025 • daphne

you burned the bridge and acted like i lit the match

to the ones who trusted and got too close

Apr 9, 2025 • daphne

Top posts

what's meant for you, will never pass you by

Aug 23, 2024 • daphne

i wish i were dead so you’d think of me

Jan 1, 2025 • daphne

nobody is thinking about you

Oct 10, 2025 • daphne

the void of false intimacies

Aug 21, 2024 • daphne

i wear my grief like a second skin

Oct 6, 2024 • daphne

elusive nostalgia

elusive nostalgia

personal reflections that arise from a juncture of uncertainty

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