Ode to the 19-Year-Old Me

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Is adulting also making you feel chained to responsibilities? This is an honest account of my feelings of regret towards the things I no longer can't achieve because I have my priorities now. Now, just because you remember the "freer" times doesn't mean you aren't happy with your current life. Being an adult doesn't mean you can't look back and reminisce on the times you were free to do whatever you wanted, free to be free, free to be you...
    
    This poem is a VILLANELLE, as was popularized in Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night."All Rights Reserved

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Ode to the 19-Year-Old Me
Tue, May 25, 2021

Is adulting also making you feel chained to responsibilities? This is an honest account of my feelings of regret towards the things I no longer can't achieve because I have my priorities now. Now, just because you remember the "freer" times doesn't mean you aren't happy with your current life. Being an adult doesn't mean you can't look back and reminisce on the times you were free to do whatever you wanted, free to be free, free to be you...
    
    This poem is a VILLANELLE, as was popularized in Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night."

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