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When I was Older

reunion takes time

By R.C. TaylorPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
When I was Older
Photo by Jeffery Erhunse on Unsplash

The breath I took

when we first met

to rush out a flustered,

“Nice to finally meet you!”

was the same one

I last took before I was born,

when I was aged and lying

right next to you.

Perhaps that's why

I couldn't breathe.

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About the Creator

R.C. Taylor

I write to invoke, to process, to honor, to resurrect, and—sometimes—to grieve but, above all, I write to be free.

Follow along for stories about a little bit of everything (i.e. nostalgia and other affairs of the heart).

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