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It’s a splendid vision I shall never forget. His

shoulders designed with letters and embellished

with images, the curve of his perfect back that

ends in his slow rise jeans. The way he moves

slowly with the tempo and the words.

But with you … I feel again … Yeah, with you …

I can feel again.8

He turns slightly to grab something on the lower

shelf and catches me watching him out of the

corner of his eye.

“Hey, there are pancakes, eggs, bacon and…”

He interrupts himself and wrinkles his face. “Is

everything alright?”

I fill my lungs with all the air in the apartment. I

smile as big as I can and it’s almost a giggle.

“Fucking great.”

8Feel Again (With Heartbeats–Native)OneRepublic

Patrick

After the night I just had, I’m feeling strong, I feel

good,I’d almost sayinvincible.

A new awareness has taken hold of my mind

and my outlook. I haven’t been living at all, all of

these years. I’ve wasted so much time, gone

around in a fog, thinking that setting my heart

aside I wouldn’t have hurt myself. That I could

live alone with no feelings for anyone.

What an asshole.

Then, she came along.

And I started really breathing and really living.

What I feel now after having her close to me