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déjà vu

Erin Kim

everyday feels like a never-ending loop

stuck

in the same cycle,

in the same rhythm 

again // again // again.

she sees herself going through

the same places,

the same faces,

no way out.

today?

or yesterday?

or was it tomorrow?

each day,

the same voices, the same words.

pieces of conversation that fade 

playing back like a scratched record

again // again // again.

she thinks,

this time she’ll change something.

something small,

something different,

just enough to break free.

but it snaps back

//again//

and she’s there,

she’s here.

repeating,

watching herself

in the same places,

in the same cycle, 

again // again // again.

the days aren’t slow,

they’re, fast,

gone,  

months vanish,

then years.

the future

i thought was mine to hold?

been there,

done that

she blinks,

and shes here again.

everyday feels like a never-ending loop