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Sit Still

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7/22/2018

Do you ever wonder what happens when you close your eyes and sit still as a statue? Does time slow just for that moment and wait for you to re-emerge? Or does the world keep turning, never missing a beat as you will the world to stop. Pretend, maybe hope, to capture a single moment and hold onto it like a lightning bug between your cupped hands, forever, basking in wonderment at the light that shines, wishing, hoping, someone is doing—thinking—the same exact thing.

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