The Now-Man

March 12, 2021•82 words

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I want to be the Now-Man.

Not living in the future, not living in the past. Not thinking about the "next big step" nor reminiscing about "that great thing". I am here, I am now.

Now is my home. It's the only place where I feel like I can do something. Just be. Imperfect, honest, scared, excited, exhausted.

I don't have plans; I have visions.

I don't have traumas; I have memories.

They are. But I'm not them.

I'm the Now-Man.

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