The long, winding road never felt all that welcoming;<\/p>\n
it just keeps laughing at you daring you to deviate from<\/p>\n
its preordained path.<\/p>\n
it’s the half-mile marker when all you want to do is<\/p>\n
get to the finish line,<\/p>\n
the ostentatious distraction when you need to finish studying.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Carry on & keep coming up with excuses.<\/p>\n
That’s what they say. I know we’re here to become<\/p>\n
something; it just doesn’t feel like it.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But at the end of the day,<\/p>\n
we’ll get high, find our own universe,<\/p>\n
& shape it to our will.<\/p>\n
& when the time comes for us to<\/p>\n
walk through the pouring rain,<\/p>\n
we’ll select our last words & prepare<\/p>\n
for catharsis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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