{"id":12532,"date":"2020-04-29T00:41:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T19:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2020\/04\/29\/i-put-my-dreams-on-hold-napowrimo-day-25\/"},"modified":"2020-04-29T00:41:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T19:11:57","slug":"i-put-my-dreams-on-hold-napowrimo-day-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/29\/i-put-my-dreams-on-hold-napowrimo-day-25\/","title":{"rendered":"I Put My Dreams On Hold #NaPoWriMo Day 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I put my dreams on hold.
I tie my shoelaces and straighten my shirt.
To deal with my reality.
The small and exhausting tasks of my existence.
They give me nothing.
Yet, they are necessary.
I put my dreams on hold.
I just hope while I’m living my life.
They don’t fly away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Tavleen <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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