Soft thoughts, loud feelings

Words for everything in between.

A book titled "Optimism isn't as great as Hindsight" by Aaliyah Start placed on a bed of fallen autumn leaves, with faint images of trees in the background on the cover.
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Aaliyah Start

Poet, author & writer.

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A young woman with long dark hair, wearing a sleeveless top and shorts, sitting inside a car with her hands on her face, looking at the camera, with a motorcycle handle and a view of a race track in the background.
A young woman with long brown hair, wearing pajamas, sitting on a gray couch with her legs bent, working on a laptop at a small table in a living room. There are curtains with a floral pattern in the background and a pink phone on the table.
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