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a lifetime's journey

harsh symbolism -
strong association between leaving you and facing a stark and real reality;
i'm facing it head on,
into the wind

--

confidence is diminishing
slowly but surely
i haven't noticed yet

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as i tread though the wide and winding terrain of cold, cracked pavement,
i realize how alone i am in my head...
...

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each passing car blinds me
i fight to keep looking forward
but all i see is white
and the shadow of my body behind me

i will each one to keep going, to pass me
and to my surprise, they do not stop

almost relieved after the last of them,
i'm startled again by faint voices -
the sloshing of liquid in a bottle in my pocket...
i haven't noticed yet

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to keep myself sane and optimistic
i lovingly review the warm, calm yet exciting story of a lifetime's adventure
that we wrote into each other's beings in that room of yours

and again i realize how alone i am in my head...
...

i'm taking a walk beside myself

closing in on the end of this lifetime's journey

towards death, i've parted from you