things I learned

your mind will be full of a swirl of emotions and ideas

daring you to pick one out

for years you won't

instead you'll watch it and be consumed by it

trying to grasp something from within

but it will keep slipping away

they move so quickly

you'll chase them

you'll become exhausted

you'll cry even

and sit down

and then one day

years later

you'll be walking down the street in the fall

and realize that it is no longer a thing happening to you

but a galaxy far away

and you are free