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My Time on this rock
On a rock dashing through space
Our existence is a miracle
The number of possible people greatly outweighs those who have actually existed
Many what could have been doctors
What could have been great inventors
But I ask myself
“What could I do”
How could I change? Do I need to?
With our time here on this planet we are burdened with the question
Why are we here?
A question too big to answer
A pill too big to swallow
A question beyond our comprehension
I am drained day to day
Constantly shown media to keep my looking at my feet
Instead of absorbing the world around me
The air we breathe, the earth we feel beneath us
The “Chronic Sunshine” we feel against our skins
Before we realize our time here on earth is near its end
Wishing time wasn’t spent looking down
But absorbing what is near us
An experience that is incomplete
Like a rope cut too short
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This piece was written after I had the realization that I have spent too much time not embracing the world around me, looking down for days at a time rather then doing small things like looking at the sky and feeling the wind against my hair. More or less taking what is right in front of me for granted.