NOBODY.

One day.
That is all it took for my brain to fuck up.
One look and everything had changed
That is all it took for me to reconsider, everything.
One day that turned into more.

One day.
That is all it took for me to forget about everything else.
One look and I had tossed my rules out the window.
That is all it took for me to get lost.
One day that was longer than just 24 hours.

One day.
That is all it took for me to go past a point of no return.
One look and I had forgotten what it meant to abstain.
That is all it took for me to become distracted, from anything but nobody.
One day that seemed to have no end.

 
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    That wasn't the plan

    I should be studying.
    I should be drinking overpriced coffee.
    I should be stressing about finals.
    I should be joking about grad trip.
    I should be anywhere else.

    I shouldn’t be quarantined. That wasn’t the plan.

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  • Poetry

    By chloen

    a four letter word

    Home isn’t:  a place, consistent, geographical. 
    My home isn’t  just a four letter word.

    Home is: safe, happy, my passport, my family and friends. 
    My home changes with the price of currency.
     

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