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Life is beautiful

The weather is nice and sunny          
It hasn't been this warm in months              
The sun shines on my skin and I can feel it melting my numbness away            
A light breeze is blowing and it tousles my hair
I breathe it in and it makes me feel lighter somehow
Frees me from whatever has been weighing me down        
         
Life is beautiful, comes to my mind, unbidden      
And it catches me off guard              
Startles me even              
Because when was the last time I thought that?      
I don't really remember              
I vaguely think it might've been one summer night two years ago          
Back when I was happy and still had lots of hope              
Back when I wasn't much younger, yet it feels now like I had been only a child then              
     
It's unusual how time passes              
At first, it trickles by agonizingly slow              
And the mundane routine of everyday life makes it seem like it will go on forever              
               
Until one day it suddenly doesn't              
And the way time passes abruptly starts to feel faster                
Like it had picked up speed when you weren't looking              
               
Every day is the same still, yet it flashes by in a dizzying blur              
You wake up, blink, and the day is already gone      
       
Your bones start to pop when you move swiftly        
You start to smile less in fear of getting wrinkles
And you're just waiting for the day your hair turns silver
Written by Swan37
Published | Edited 25th Apr 2023
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