Q: How Do You Stay Normal?

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“In order to write about life, first you must live it.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Epiphany

How fast the wind blows

Past the trees a time ago

When we saw our dreams so true

But now we have had to go

The kaleidoscope that once shone through

Our very souls and eyes

With time flown by our every steps

This life has bid goodbye

For the road we travelled on

Fell away beneath our feet

It had been paved for many years

The gravel, now ash of bittersweet

Now it is clearly understood

Our fate was not to cross

For now our selves are shattered

Seems everything is gone

Maybe it was for the best

Separate roots to break through

For divided, I can confess

The worst of me is subdued

You were my blanket

Something I already knew

But the world out there is different

Needing a resilient me to debut

- pyxisjaded

“Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second. But then perhaps this is what lovers are.”

— André Aciman

“We’ll never be those kids again.”

— Frank Ocean

When you get jealous of how good someone else's Western Blot or binding assay results came out... Then there's you, with messed up bands and curves that tell you your protein sucks.

The life of scientists.

Jaded Heart

You were the moon who pulled me home

You were the sun that grew me

You were there when I was alone

You were the one who loved me

You promised you'd stay

You were the only one by my side

But one day you casted me away

And all I see now is a divide

The stars, I once tried to reach

The path you lit, I tried to follow

To make you proud was all I ever wished

Now I can't help this happiness I borrow

One misstep and it all disappeared

This great wave rushed over my head

I could no longer see your light

You turned your head as I bled

It ached to think you no longer had faith

I showed you should have trust

But it was already too late

Now your words echo in my head

I couldn't embrace the apologies

I knew you would only lie

So I tried to have faith in myself

But now there is something broken inside

I won't make it, I'm not enough

In the greatest depths my wound still weep

Tried to fake it but somewhere I've given up

My euphoria now lasts skin deep

There is no beacon to turn to

My foundations turned to rubble

Loneliness is my solace

Don't have to confront the troubles

Blame now falls on no one but me

I guess there was truth in your eyes

For now I can't get back up

And I'm stuck wondering, why?

Why am I not strong?

Why stay walking on ice?

My fears seem all gone

But they're taunting in their disguise, for-

You are the moon who untethered me

You are the sun that made me dust

You are the one who left me stranded

You are the one who had my love

- pyxisjaded

“Maybe the absence of signs is a sign.”

— Marc Klein; Serendipity

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