As writers and storytellers, we are often too in tune to our emotions and sensitivities. However, it can lead to unique insights….
There was a time I looked forward to each day.
There was a time when I was ready.
I now know I wasn’t ready.
I now know I won’t ever be ready.
The best is behind.
The present is torturous.
The future is at best mundane.
I will never live as I had in the past.
I will never love as I had in the past.
I will never experience as I had in the past.
I finally understand why people live in the past – for some of us, it is the only place where happiness still exists.
Short Story Scribe 
True, true, and true…
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Thank you. 🙂
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My pleasure to read, though the words themselves conveyed a sadness I felt. 🙂
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I understand. My last story, my current story, and my next story, all deal with broken people. Sadness is prevalent in my current works.
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Sadness is prevalent everywhere you look…
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So very true… There are many of us who are, to some degree or another, broken. It allows us to not only see it in others, but to have genuine understanding.
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Yes, it does…like recognizes like.
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Ouch… Felt the depth in each phrase!
Good poem!!
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Thank you for taking the time to read and to comment, and thank you for the kind words…
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