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We are forever authors till we're not. We write every constant and every vowel, every verb and every noun, every tick and every tock. Every moment of every day to the second. A self published autobiographical series entitled anticipation. Some chapters are longer than others. Some filled with triumph and perseverance while others may be drowning in disappointment but no matter what happens we write. Footnotes at the bottom of every page pushing into the next; formulating the action on the next page even the next chapter. The only problem is, we don't know what we're writing. It'd be easy if our actions alone fueled every moment and decision in our lives but that's not the case. Rarely do we forge history. For the most part, we react to it. We can only reflect on what was written after the ink dries on the page; hoping that we live long enough to author our own endings. Hoping that someone would read our books and see them as inspiration instead of a cautionary tale. Praying we at least get to finish. You don't want to be the one whose....
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Oct 5, 2017
Oct 5, 2017 at 5:37 PM UTC
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We are forever authors till we're not. We write every constant and every vowel, every verb and every noun, every tick and every tock. Every moment of every day to the second. A self published autobiographical series entitled anticipation. Some chapters are longer than others. Some filled with triumph and perseverance while others may be drowning in disappointment but no matter what happens we write. Footnotes at the bottom of every page pushing into the next; formulating the action on the next page even the next chapter. The only problem is, we don't know what we're writing. It'd be easy if our actions alone fueled every moment and decision in our lives but that's not the case. Rarely do we forge history. For the most part, we react to it. We can only reflect on what was written after the ink dries on the page; hoping that we live long enough to author our own endings. Hoping that someone would read our books and see them as inspiration instead of a cautionary tale. Praying we at least get to finish. You don't want to be the one whose....
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26/M/Washington DC
Oct 5, 2017
Oct 5, 2017 at 5:37 PM UTC
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