Time Machine

I like the pace of time. I think that life tends to move on on just the right cadence, and if I had a Time Machine I would use it to lock time at its current pace. Please don’t make it slower—I would die waiting for things that already feel like they take awhile, and please don’t speed things up—I would never have time for other people, and its hard enough keeping up with everything. I know I can’t know everything—its just not possible. I know that if I did know it all then I would die of trauma. I am confused now—I’m just hanging on at the brink of understanding myself.

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riphssmyth

VT

14 years old

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