12/21/2025
“He Stopped Saving It”
At first, he saved food.
That’s what dogs do when they still believe.
He hid it under broken cardboard,
tucked it beside the wall,
kept it for the one who used to come back.
But days passed.
Then nights that felt endless.
The food spoiled.
The smell changed.
And he learned a new truth without words.
No one was coming.
The street grew colder.
Cars slowed less often.
Eyes stopped meeting his.
Hunger stopped hurting first.
Hope lasted longer.
That was the cruelest part.
One night, he ate everything.
Not because he was full—
but because there was no one left to share with.
He curled into himself,
bones pressing against wet concrete,
listening to footsteps that no longer meant anything.
And when morning came,
he didn’t look up.
Because the hardest thing he ever learned
wasn’t how to survive…
It was how to stop waiting.
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