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Right here and right now

These string of moments,

flash by my eyes,

not tethered by logic or time,

but by emotions of wholeheartedness, 

filling me with life.


These emotions don't pull me down,

like the ones I feel usually do,

but fill me with strength and hope

when life feels just right.

Not more or less,

looking for an excuse to fill with an escape,

but just right.

Right here and right now,

for no special reason to tell,

except that the people are right,

and so am I.


I look around and spot a ton of ways,

the celebration could be grander,

The decoration could have been neater,

but there is no place 

on the face of this earth,

I would rather be.

Rather than right here and right now.


What is so special you might ask?

Well, there are some brief glitches,

in the matrix of time,

when we don't live for a reason or a goal,

but just for the sake of living,

right here and right now.

When life comes together,

not to teach you a lesson,

but to give you a reason,

to keep carrying on.


Right here and right now.

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