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a year later-

by PatrickHarrison

the grass is tall again, and towering green, with Spring. I never expected to fall in love with it; but it became my lighthouse in the darkest times, and the coldest seas. The most hidden of sanctuaries. The earth is moving again, and I can see every little person make some progress. I never expected to fall in love with it; but the people around me are like carrier birds, transmitting my few happy thoughts to the world. And I couldn't be more joyful, when you became a doctor, and you became an engineer, and you became a real chef. It all falls like an apple down to me, and I wonder now, what will I become? That is what gives me heartache, that is what makes me feel alone, far more than when I can't write, and I feel disposed. They say an ocean sits beneath every thought. So why aren't mine as well constructed as they were? Thinking about it makes me uncomfortable, but- I am barely seventeen and I am not the writer I used to be. I coldly snap at everything I create, because it is never perfect, and I am never perfect. Nothing is ever perfect. So I've adjusted lies to make them fit my story, and I have become less honest in the past year. I became so fed up with fame, and finding my way through the commercial successes of myself, when I should have been trying to find my way to the lighthouse above the sea. Because now I am lost in an increasing wind, and it only blows harder the more I resist.
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Written by
PatrickHarrison
18 / M / Chicago
Published
Mar 31, 2020
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2m
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#sad#heartbreak#love#trending#ocean#heart#eternal#happy#bitter#nostalgia
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