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You are the contrast between the sun and its midday shadow The quiet soul with the pulse of a deer caught in headlights You carry your words in your throat, your thoughts in your heart You feel like a wrecking ball waiting to be swung But you are a reckless force, a mountain that never cries You string the laughs of those closest to you to wear as bracelets in your worst of times You dwell on the insignificant things because that’s where you divide You are the east and the west meeting at a central line You are here in the present surrounded by people You tell stories and you listen, you laugh and you embrace But your head is in the clouds somewhere far away And you look towards the windows to remember who you are You’re struggling to be present because you’re already somewhere far
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May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020 at 6:20 PM UTC
The Escape Artist
You are the contrast between the sun and its midday shadow The quiet soul with the pulse of a deer caught in headlights You carry your words in your throat, your thoughts in your heart You feel like a wrecking ball waiting to be swung But you are a reckless force, a mountain that never cries You string the laughs of those closest to you to wear as bracelets in your worst of times You dwell on the insignificant things because that’s where you divide You are the east and the west meeting at a central line You are here in the present surrounded by people You tell stories and you listen, you laugh and you embrace But your head is in the clouds somewhere far away And you look towards the windows to remember who you are You’re struggling to be present because you’re already somewhere far
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May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020 at 6:20 PM UTC
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