B L O S S O M I N G

A Coming of Age Story

Nomin 2020

Blossoming
/ˈbläsəmiNG/
maturing or developing in
a promising or healthy way.

At young ages, 13 and 14, reality is soon to hit. The world never stops spinning, time never stops ticking, and before you know it society is behind you yelling at you to grow up.
The sky suddenly has no animal shaped clouds, the roads are suddenly not for sleeping on trips, the stores not for candy, beds aren't for comfortable naps, being nice isn't innocent, the outdoors aren't for playing, and the people aren't for smiling.
The world becomes a blur of erased imagination, slowly pinching little by little away dreams and promises made in your sleep.
Faces become familiar, hands become deals, and food suddenly becomes money. Your either being fed or your starving for a coin, just a crumb.
Nobody said that the world was going to be so harsh and heavy hearted, instead they made a word as bliss as singing doves.
Blossoming.

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