The Other Side of Now

by Paige Harbison

Out of all the lives I might have, I believe I can make this the one that feels

right. I simply have to build it. Nothing as simple as fame could give me what I need. What I need is to be around people I care about. To let people love me. To have small moments, knowing that they’re the biggest ones, and not ignore them because I’m too busy looking way off in the distance, either future or past, for some imagined thing.

I’m not here waiting for life. I’m in it. It’s happen...