I long to feel the satisfying resistance of ballpoint on paper. Ideas swirl like snow, lifting off the road as the wind picks up before a storm. I try to grab onto one and put it on the page, but it's snatched away by a gust, flying out of reach before I can even step toward it. The soft gray lines of my journal blur as I stare at the blank page. My pen…
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