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Stuck In What Was

THERE ARE SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO NEVER LET THINGS GO. THEY PRETEND THAT THEY’RE HAPPY AS THERE DEPRESSON CONTINUES TO GROW. BRING OTHERS INTO THERE SORROW, SO THEY WONT FEEL ALONE TOMMOROW. THERE STUCK IN WHAT WAS AND HAVE NO ESCAPE. ESCAPE HOW? IT’S TOO LATE. STUCK IN WHAT WAS WILL NEVER GET YOU TO WHAT WILL COME. BE HAPPY WITH ANOTHER IS JUST A WISH, A SIMPLE BEAT LIKE THAT ON A DRUM. UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RALITY AND IMAGINARY . BELIEVING IN ONE DAY A POSSIBLE FAIRY. ONE THAT WILL BRING BACK THE WHAT WAS AND CHANGE THE NOW. BUT HOW? I’T IMPOSSIBLE. AND DEFINANTLY IMPASSABLE. STEP OUT OF THE WHAT WAS AND INTO THE WHAT IS. HIS LIFE IS HIS. AND YOUR TRYING TO RUN IT. BUT YOU SIMPLY NEED TO GET OVER IT. BEING STUCK IN THE WHAT WAS IS GOING TO CAUSE THE LOSS OF FRIENDS. AND YOU’LL BE EMPTY LIKE THE LAST BIT OF INK IN THIS PEN. FIND THE NOW AND STAY THERE. THE WHAT WAS IS A WAS AND DON’T MAKE IT AN ENSNARE. STAY OUT OF THE WHAT WAS AND SEARCH FOR THE NEW. HAPPINEST WILL COME BUT ONLY IF YOU WANT IT TO.

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