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write a good story (or words for my younger self)

5/18/2016

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Picture
you don’t accurately remember
your life
you remember how you felt

your life isn’t a movie
projected on the big screen
it’s a book

the images appear in your mind
and they ebb and flow and blur

the only thing that is concrete
is how you feel

so don’t waste your time
trying to look the part
or dress the set

don’t bother yourself
over picture lock
focus on the content

the words you think
the words you say
the words you hear

these words are building
the story of you

if they’re not telling the story
you want
re-write them

when you look back on your life
you may see a photo and go:
“God, I was so thin back then!
And I thought I was fat!”

you thought it, so you felt it
and that’s how you lived it

now, you see otherwise
but you can never get those
years back

so, stop being
so preoccupied with
your image

it’s never going to accurately 
reflect you anyway

you are content
you are copy
you are thought

write a good story
and remember it fondly
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    Hey! I'm Andie Bottrell, a multidisciplinary creative living in Springfield, MO. I share stories (autobiographical and fictional), poems, and other creative or personal musings here. 

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