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When I was young, my life was like music that was always getting louder Everything moved me A mother with her child That made me feel so much A homeless person sitting on the sidewalk holding out a ***** cup for some spare change I could have cried over it I did A calendar that displayed the wrong month The way the moon followed me everywhere I went How an unmade bed looked like home Where the smoke coming from the house across the street disappeared into the sky Frost on the window of my mother's car How the earth tirelessly orbited around the sun The way the city lights looked from afar I have spent my entire life learning to feel less Every single day I feel less Is that growing old? Or something worse? I suppose you cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness But how do you balance yourself between the two without forgetting how to feel altogether?
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Jan 2, 2014
Jan 2, 2014 at 12:22 PM UTC
Is Age Directly Related To How Much One Can Feel?
When I was young, my life was like music that was always getting louder Everything moved me A mother with her child That made me feel so much A homeless person sitting on the sidewalk holding out a ***** cup for some spare change I could have cried over it I did A calendar that displayed the wrong month The way the moon followed me everywhere I went How an unmade bed looked like home Where the smoke coming from the house across the street disappeared into the sky Frost on the window of my mother's car How the earth tirelessly orbited around the sun The way the city lights looked from afar I have spent my entire life learning to feel less Every single day I feel less Is that growing old? Or something worse? I suppose you cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness But how do you balance yourself between the two without forgetting how to feel altogether?
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Jan 2, 2014
Jan 2, 2014 at 12:22 PM UTC
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