_Nothing will ever be the same. _

Parked on the side of the high way

Pain pouring from out in streams

Sorrows drowned in bad decisions

Memories buried beneath months of mistakes

_Everything is different now_

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Isolation, a desperate need to hide

How does anyone ever survive this?

This was meant to be forever

Now, there is only a vague remembering__

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_This is for the best _

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Healing happens slowly, then all at once

Nothing has ever cut so deep before

Resurfacing from a pit of darkness

The first sunrise after the return is nearly blinding.

_This is for the best_

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Time moves quickly after that

Life changes with the swiftness of a speeding bullet

Suddenly, there are dishes and laundry

School drop offs bedtime stories.

_Everything is different now_

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Even dreams have changed

No longer stuck in the desires of youth.

Where once there were dreams of travel and chaos,

Now there are fantasies of stability and peace.

_Nothing will ever be the same. _