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Nostalgia

January 26, 2024
By ggstriebs SILVER, Rochester, Michigan
ggstriebs SILVER, Rochester, Michigan
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A plunging wave,

Drowning bittersweet ache.

When I believed in wishing stars,

Fuzzy fantasies, 

The life of make-believe, 

Pure simplicity.

My parents weren’t stressed, 

Every moment blessed.


Now I am in college,

Missing childhoods coddle,

My parents’ swaddle. 

Oblivion, a weightless burden.


Now I am growing up, 

So much has changed: 

Independence,

Adulthood,

Responsibilities.

Caged freedom. 


One of 8 billion,

But never so alone.

Stripped bare—

A baby learning to walk again

In this scary new world.


Edifices of my past fade,

Subtle forgetfulness.

Memories munched mush.



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