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Mar 2020
3m 26s

She Wasn't Happy or Sad

Atticus & Podcast Nation
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She wasn’t happy or sad,

in love or out of love,

she was just there

existing

in the ebb and flow of life—

and that was a dangerous place to be

but her worst mistake

was forgetting to remember

there was more.

 

xx Atticus

@atticuspoetry

www.atticuspoetry.com

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