Diminishing
I used to be afraid
Of waking up at forty
And wondering where
My life had gone.
I never expected to
Wake up at twenty-one
And wonder where
I had gone.
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I am two different people:
Before and After
Life and Death.
They fight within me
One struggling to hold on
One desperate to let go.
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People look back on these years
And wish they could return.
I pray that these will not turn out to be
The best years of my life.
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I wonder who I am
I wonder who I will become.
