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Reaching back through time to the younger self. 17 poems live in this room.
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No. 54
But you still needed
I'm sorry I never spoke to you on the steps. I saw you pass by every day. Sometimes you floated right past me
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No. 63
I want to see you after you practice for
I want to see you after you practice for months Then choke on the big stage.
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No. 1
The journey begins
Imagine I was right there with you When you looked up to your bedroom ceiling
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No. 2
Come back to you
One day you'll stand on the ledge of a rooftop Your hometown and the river will spin Around beneath you
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No. 3
You can
One day you'll meet a person Who, for no reason at all, doesn't like you On sight.
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No. 8
You will achieve
One beautiful early fall day You will walk across campus On your way
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No. 17
Bring your past selves to their feet
Treasure the time you have on stage, For you may not always sing so sweet. Jump as high as you possibly can—
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No. 18
How will you begin?
Nights, years—nights, years— Alone in your bedroom, The voices in your head echo off the walls,
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No. 27
What can you do now to prepare?
The real test will come When you haven't studied, When you're standing naked in the snow,
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No. 28
Let's walk together
You don't yet know me, but I know exactly who you are. I've made every mistake you've made
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No. 29
Hold close the messenger
One day, you'll discover a way to do things— a logical structure to your
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No. 30
What did the man in the black cowboy hat say?
The truth of certain words will reverberate in your mind long
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No. 40
A calculated leap across the darkness
Remember the vision that came to you in the light,
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No. 45
The life that you escaped
A thousand fun-house mirrors arrayed Around you, reflecting the fragmented Selves you wished you were,
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No. 81
Let the wind die down
What you didn't have— A cycloned prophecy in your mind. Yet it was still you who stole
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No. 99
The shadow of a dark cloud you felt
The shadow of a dark cloud you felt hovering over you, an illogical premonition of inevitability,
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No. 103
Disrupt the continuum
There may be days you need to disrupt the continuum—
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