to grow is to be and to see

s a t i s f a c t i o n!
from action, -
a reaction?
a tricky thing, it is:
TO LIVE...
but
a d a p t a t i o n
IS KEY TO
s a t i s f a c t i o n!

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I've come a long way, but I've got to keep moving (chuggin') along.
But growth is key, I find. A necessity.
[Self-reflection as well.]
Although, growth without reflection is: (impossible?)

Unsure I am
of what lies ahead.
BUT confidence will come,
the further from --
MISTAKES and (belly) ACHES

state of the (brain) address

it's (really) all about,

the M E N T A L zone you make in -

create in  - your mind.

earth-colored clay

I'm starting to get a clearer picture...
of what might be
the potential that could be

O P T I M I S T I C

I'm malleable
ever changing
never stopping
choo-choo!

tango til' their sore

H E A T -- 

it's making me,

turning me,

churning me,

in and out and up and down

C R A Z Y (!)

the weight at the end?

i f e e l a l l a r o u n d m e

pressing down on my back

tension, where is your release?

the END is in sight,

but out of reach

please, come quick!

save me. 

no way out but through.

UNFORTUNATELY

new hair for the new millennium

24 and counting

getting older
feels like...
s t r e t c h i n g
through
a
continuum of time

yesterday feels like
ages ago
but 1990 is
in my back pocket
clear as day

will it get any
e a s i e r ?
please, say yes.

full circle

i have made a
D E C I S I O N.

a
D E C I S I O N(!)
has been made

a decision
to return to
...
what was once
commonplace.
sometimes that is
the M O S T
simple, free(ing?)
ah yes:
l i b e r a t i n g.

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let me try
red, pink, & white
i can feel [him]

it stares back
[at me]
waiting/watching

come
catch me
when I

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