Red, chipped finger nails graze over broken letters. Letters to for words. Words to form phrases. Phrases: meaningless, forgettable, lost. Tired eyes strain to read. Pulse average, normal, standard. Breathe in, breathe out. Day in, day out. Life. A long road with no stop sign, no stop light. No speed limit. Our minds the only one in control. How fast we live, how fast we die. 90 or 20. 5 days or 5 years. Day in, day out. Forgotten moments. Lost memories. Broken days, broken hearts, broken lives. The lives we build, just to fall apart. It's been a year. Quick, like a snake, 365 days: gone. Like writing in the sand after a sandstorm. Life in the gutter. Time to move on. Stand up, and walk out.
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