

It Only Takes a SecondHow long does it take for a life to change? Does it take a minute? A single minute, in which actions and words can be thrown against your soul like a dagger, piercing you to the core? Does it take a half of a minute? Enough for emotions to take a hold of the air, wrapping you in their oily complexity, draining you of your strengths and morals? No. It only takes a second. A second is how long it takes for a word, spit from bitter lips, to poison your mind and let loose a stream of salty tears. A second is how long it takes for a slap, delivered from fed-up hands, to shatter the world you knew before. In theIt Only Takes a Second
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"Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat." -Robert Frost
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