Vortex Magazine of Literature and Fine Art: Fall 2023 Online Edition

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Take the Time By Layne Mulcahy

“Go slowly, child stretch your spare minutes witness the completeness of the beauty that surrounds you” A piece of old advice in this moment I take those words to heart Every step deliberate yet leisurely with all the compounded effort of forcing my racing mind to stop Let my skirt fly in the wind with my scarf with my hair allow myself to billow float away Time does not pass in the infinity of every moment lifetimes sprawling before me My day-to-day exists so quickly places to go people to be measured in hours that seem more like seconds My heart must race my legs must ache I can’t avoid the gasp for every breath

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