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Jan 27
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The Troubles With Living Inside Your Head

No one will ever understand. 
No one understands the worlds you've created, the planets you've moved. 
​All without ever leaving your room. 
​No one knows the things you've seen and places you've gone.
You could never tell anyone of these places.
​For fear of looking silly or never being able to truly describe it.  

You go into your head often.
In the middle of class, in a boring conversation. 
Sometimes at random when you least expect it.
Or whenever a thought jumps into you're mind. 
​
​That's another thing.
 Sometimes, the thoughts will consume you. 
​Envelop you in their madness and suggestions.
Sometimes, take over your entire day. 
​That's what you will cling on to. 
​The little ideas and unfinished poems that fill your head. 
That's what you hear when you lay alone in bed. 
A thousand thoughts competing for a chance to be written or transposed into art. 
​They're what you hear in the blackness of night, the light of day, and the gray of life. 

Sometimes, your imagination distracts you. 
You'll sit there silently, thinking and thinking. 
​Then, a person will come by and ask "Are you OK? You've drifted off." 
You'll say "I'm fine"
​But only you will know the truth. 
​The power of things you've created, the characters you meet each day. 
The times where the stories will override you. 
​You're desires to live within your favorite novel.  

The true need to live within the pages of a book.
To feel the action of a plot. 
​To wait and want so desperately for your life to begin. 
​To live within the chapters of your mind. 
​The want for your mind to be finally free.

When you close you're eyes, you can go there. 
​For you, it's so much easier to live in another time or place. 
​Then face your own reality. 
When you imagine, you can see it all. 
You're really there! 
​You are the hero, the maiden the dragon. 
​Whatever you desire to be!
But with just the blink of an eye, 
The knock of a door,
it's gone again. 

But, you can always go back. 
​It's always waiting for you. 
​Whenever you need it, want it. 
It's there. 
Forever and always.
​That's the best thing about living inside your head. 
 
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  1. eulusivepurplepanda
    Jan 27, 2018

    HI! So I wanted to make an announcement! I have a Wattpad account now! I've been writing my first long chapter book called Signed, Anna Maria on there. I'm really proud of it so far and I would really appreciate it for you guys to check it out. My Wattpad username is Hobbes4lyfe.
    Thanks!
    -Isabella

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  1. eulusivepurplepanda
    Jan 27, 2018

    Link to my Wattpad profile:
    https://www.wattpad.com/user/hobbes4lyfe

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