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#9: bookshelves

(bookshelves)


“not behind, but rather beside”

wrecks through my

brain, upending bookshelves and

tables, uncaring if

pages get ripped, uncaring if corners get

bent, i don’t care if there’s no

behind, only beside! what matters is

that i feel behind, and there’s no

way to catch up!


yes, my dear, i know.

i know you feel behind

but the truth is

we all come into this life

unsure of what’s to follow.


the most we can do is

live our shoe-laced path

often tied in horrible knots.


so what if someone

has something you need

before you manage to get there?


it changes things! i’ll

never be able to catch

up to them! i

will never feel as if things

are okay! i will be trapped in

this situation forever!

listen.

you will get there too.

and when you do,

you will realize that you reached it,

just the same as everyone else.


you are not behind.

i am beside you.


please stop tearing up the pages of your mind.

there are beautiful, beautiful things in there.


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