His name tag said hello my name is _______
Along with all the others here for this reunion
All wearing muted ties with yellowed skin and slackened jaws they walked the room.
Some with tall champagne glasses
Others with stiff whisky that swills around and spills on your hands letting a pungent smell into the air.
Blue and red name tags
Everyone has a profession
Some have even added “hello my name is ______ and I work as a _________.
Can you imagine?
He wanted to be an astronaut, but he didn’t have good eyes
And unfortunately he was not that dedicated.
Her, in the corner, she dreamed once of being a writer but instead she writes ads for the newspaper.
He never did find someone to love
And they all have name tags and they all walk through, shoulders back and trying to seem proud of who they have become.
Hoping that no one will notice the silent apology they are saying for being quite so ordinary.
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Hi I’m a new blogger, I would love advice. Did you hire someone to do your web design? How do I increase traffic?
Hi Abbey, I used a template from wordpress for the design, there are plenty you can choose from (some free, some paid, mine is The Writer theme). As for increasing traffic, write a lot, read a lot of other blogs, engage with bloggers if you like something they’ve done. That’s about it :) Good luck!
It’s right we are just name tags and forgotten dreams.
Reunions are uniquely awful occasions, to be avoided at all costs. If I had wanted to keep in touch, I kept in touch. So I’m entering a room full of people I hoped I’d never have to meet again, all of them older and many of themn drunk. No!
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This is great! That last line especially got me
I read this just as my 30th High School Reunion is coming up! I got the notice on Facebook and about cried. I thought has it really been that long?! Am I really that old! How did that happen?! But, alas, I will not make it. I barely knew anyone in High School anyways. I was part of the 100th graduating class with exactly 100 students graduating. I guess it was a big deal. Atleast to the school it was a big deal. Few months after graduating tho, I lost most my memories of back then. I was in a car accident, which put me in a coma, and hospital for a few weeks. As small as that seems, it changed my whole life. Now, I am thousands of miles away from where I graduated and unable to get out of where I am. So, I am now a blogger!
Thank you for sharing!
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I love this :)
So True!