Tomorrow

I don't like to think about the future

For the future feels final.

The future feels like a goal everyone is working towards

That none have arrived at

And none ever will.

 

I don't like to think about tomorrow

For tomorrow never comes.

As soon as it seems close enough to touch

It turns into today.

 

I don't like to think about the present

For the present is all the time.

The present is today, tomorrow, and all of the future after that.

 

I don't like to think

For I tend to freak myself out.

And time isn't real,

So what's my goddamn problem, anyway?

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ph0ebe

VT

17 years old

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