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What is Success? Installment 4 “Validate the Now”

March 27, 2023
By Anonymous

Four years ago, I knew. 
I knew before then. 
Divided in emotion is when I felt it first. 
Riding down dissension, the smell of perplexity. 
I fall in love easily, or did. 
As I began to move on from her, I “met” him. 
He wasn’t perfect. 
AND I DIDN’T LIKE HIM. 
But I felt safe. 
There was an allure like I’ve never felt before. 
And haven’t felt since. 
I debated telling him, but thought I was too uncertain to. 
I debated telling myself. 
I debated telling YOU. 
Since that moment, I’ve been uncertain. 
I went back to her and continued down the same path. 
Driving down division, I “realized” what I already knew. 
That Feeling. 
Altered. 
It was reignited. 
Many times. 
I suppressed those feelings. 
“It’s a phase” 
Until it wasn’t. 
I look myself in the mirror. 
I’m positive. 
Validate the now. 


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