Back in my day

By Averi Halbert

I wake up and know

These are the days

That I will look back to

Someday far in the future

Reminiscing on my childhood

Because you know,

“Back in my day”

But nonetheless

It is simply today

And the worries of now

Are far greater than ones of the past

And of the future

So if you could

Would you tell me

How do you live through the nostalgia?

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