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when I was younger and now that i am older


started out in the womb and i'll end in the tomb.

Never understood that when i was younger,

and I still don't understand why that has to be done.

I lived every day in a different state, country, world, and even an entirely differnt universe.

Now here I am barely living,  never would have understood that feeling when I was younger.

Never could have seen myself like that when I was younger.

When I was younger, everything was possible.

When I was younger, I actuslly saw this in everyone that grew up.

When I was younger, I wanted to be the change that showed up.

Now that I am older, I see myself in every one.

Now that I am older, I am the change that finally showed up. 

I am young while I am old seeing how everything and nothing has changed.

 

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