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Was It Ever Real?


Does time change me?

Or, did I evolve through experience?


How many signals did I miss?

Or, did I choose this fate?


Do I understand the wrongs and regrets?

Or, did I act with the best interest in the moment?


What did they say about me?

And, what will they say about me today?


Was I appreciated?

Or, did I imagine that?


What were the opinions in the shadows?

And, what were the feelings expressed before me?


Is it a misunderstanding? 

Or, a matter of not confirming? 


Why didn’t it last?

Or, was it never meant to?

…ever able to?


Was it ever real?

Some of it?

Part of it?

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