you get to a point where you stop caring
about everything &
everyone
and it comes after a really long period of time of caring
about everything &
everyone
self care replaces
envy and jealousy
the soul replaces
the ego
and the body dives deep, head first
into a fountain of youth
throwing out old ways of caring
so then you realize that when you hold a door open for a stranger
you let yourself in too
About the Creator
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