words

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What used to be rage in fight,

and numb in flight,

slowly combine over time,

into calm acceptance.

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I think there's a good portion of us that have this feeling that once we die we're going to get to know everything we need or want to know; becoming one with the energy, or coming to know god, or as a ghost maybe even..

What if we don't?

What if all you have is now and right now?

So many things I should have asked my Dad and Grandfather.

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People are always trying to find an expression to describe the Mona Lisa:

"she is smiling."

"she is frowning."

"she is grinning."

But how does one describe an expression?

I think that is the meaning of the Mona Lisa.

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2006. 22 years old.

Today, I am almost 37 and I have gone through so much more than I thought or hoped I would by now.

Many times over, I have felt the same way that I wrote in this doodling presented here.

Somehow I keep going on. Getting back up. Continuing to do my best, even if it's not great at any given moment.

All you can do is try to be the best person you can be on any given day.

"Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." -William Faulkner

Just keep going. Just keep swimming.

And know that you are not alone in being alone🖤

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Embers:

Build a fire with them.

Or let them die.

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Nothing worth having comes without struggle.

Fear and sadness are life's greatest struggles.

[astronindian]

The magic I felt with you still haunts my form.

Sunlight kisses and keeps me warm,

while it shines.

I can feel the palm of your hand in its place.

Hopes overgrown in the trace,

of its reality never again unfolding.

Of you holding,

Or missing me the same.

Your ghost to remain,

never again a manifestation before me,

to love and be.

So I await the day the time has passed,

for my memories to forget at last,

our magic.

And wonder when,

I'll yet again,

sleep the night through.

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I am from Nebraska and have lived on the west coast for roughly 4 years now. I love being so close to the ocean, however I do dreadfully miss severe thunderstorms with all my heart and soul.

I also miss the lulling hum of secadas on spring and summer evenings; the crisp air and sunshine year round; the fireflies; the gangs of croaking frogs; and of course the endless prairie sunsets and sunrises, even more beautiful than over the ocean.

So much dynamism in the Midwest that people so easily miss if they havent grown up there; it's born and sleeps in the mixture of airs, and slowly comes to life constantly, daily and monthly.

If you know how to "stop and smell the roses", truly pay attention to what you weren't even aware was there, the Midwest never fails to disappoint.

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Deceit.

Silver lined lies.