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Splash No. 199 - At a Distance

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In pre-school, four-year-old Nikhil used to sit on the side of the playground during recess and watch the other kids play. I didn’t really know what else to do, and it seemed interesting enough to watch the kids run around, doing whatever small children would do. I was perfectly content to be an observer. Even though I eventually made friends and started to do normal child things, at the time I didn’t see what was wrong with just watching. I’m writing a poem every day this month and have successfully written six so far. In a couple of these poems, without really thinking about it, I found myself to comparing myself to a caveman statue in a museum in one and a ghost in another. These poems were hinting at an idea I’ve always internalized, that I have always lived at a distance from everything and everyone around me, a little bit too in my head and unable to act. More than anything else, I’ve felt like more of an observer than an active participant in the world I lived in. And why wou

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