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WHY DID I STOP WRITING?!!
<p>At what point, did I stop writing?</p><p>Was it during the therapy sessions,</p><p>Was it when my scientific zeal increased,</p><p>Or when I started avoiding the work?</p><p>Hackathons sounds like a marathon </p><p>For someone that enjoyed a bit of programming here and there ,</p><p>I was obnoxious to the sacrifices ,</p><p>To the things I had laid off ,</p><p>Dead tissues </p><p>That I killed </p><p>Unknowingly .</p><p>A ballerina became A flower girl ,</p><p>A flower girl became a queen ,</p><p>A queen became a scientist.,</p><p>I'm waiting </p><p>So are you , </p><p>I just started but they are already looking,</p><p>Looking for what ?</p><p>I burst out crying " I'm 18" </p><p>But they don't care , I picked this ,</p><p>I can take the burn , I can take the heat ,</p><p>And then came the unconscious shift ,</p><p>I stopped reading ,</p><p>Romance, adventure, chemistry ,</p><p>Later came the feeling ,</p><p>Followed by mild counselling sessions ,</p><p>Then the addiction ,</p><p>It hit me like a good ole bottle of whisky and orange juice .</p><p>Mother don't need to know ,</p><p>Father doesn't care ,</p><p>Not like I have friends anyway, </p><p>So why living ?</p><p>Why don't I leave ?</p><p>That was the last straw ,</p><p>I was no longer facing the average medical student burnout ,</p><p>I was facing a child who refused to stop loving green,</p><p>I was facing the academic prodigy that always came second ,</p><p>I was facing the flexible young girl that never became a ballerina ,</p><p>I was looking at that girl who didn't care only wanted to compete </p><p>I was playing chess with myself and I was losing badly ,</p><p>No matter how many rounds I played , I was cornered!!! </p><p>Checkmate! Checkmate !! Checkmate!!!</p><p>From dancing lessons to math lessons ,</p><p>From math lessons to national exams ,</p><p>From national exams to personal learning time, </p><p>Now I'm hoping I don't die by the night with how much alcohol I'm taking in</p><p>Back to the question </p><p>When did I stop WRITING?! </p><p>I detach a limb for a prosthetic limb,</p><p>A real for something that feels like it .</p><p>Who does that ?</p><p>Something I did from young , </p><p>Telling stories to my siblings when there was no NEPA, </p><p>Now I give them my phone cause telling a story is to exhausting .</p><p>Writers block became an excuse ,</p><p>Laziness because an habit ,</p><p>And I wasn't even fighting it .</p><p>Well, I know what to do , </p><p>I should definitely resume my therapy sessions and read my pathology textbook .</p><p>Hopefully I will get back on my feet ,</p><p>Just like five year old me after coming back from school.</p><p><em>Not like it was easy if you stayed next to "HER"</em></p><p><em>From SUE. </em></p>
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