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April 3 - #NaPoWrMo

Three Things I Know To Be True

Plans
All the lists and calendars and appointments can't always ensure smooth sailing
Things happen that change your plans
Sometimes you are in Prague walking in the square, admiring the beauty
And you get a call
A relative has passed away
All the plans to enjoy change and your focus shifts to your family and their loss

Love
Love is around in more ways than you expect
Even when all you see is darkness and all you feel is pain
When you are thousands of miles away from your family and friends
You live alone in a tiny apartment, alone in the city of love
You reach for your laptop and Skype your family
And a piece of you comes back in place

Fear
This is the one that is with you always, though you try to fight it
It was with you when you held your brother's hand, nervous on your first day of kindergarten
It was with you when your parents drove away and you were alone on your college campus
It was with you when you left everyone you knew to move to Paris for a year
It is with you now, sometimes as a fuel, sometimes as a block

These three: plans, love, and fear are things you know as pieces of you

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