Witches Mag, Issue #5: Time

THE LITTLEST APPLE IN THE BIG APPLE PART 3 OF 3 April 28, 2021 You’ve lived in New York almost seven years now. You have made it your home. You have hated it at times—how nothing comes easy, carrying groceries for miles while satisfied that you got most of the things on your list. Subway lines that are always delayed. Being caught in the rain without an umbrella and only your own two feet to get you where you’re going. But when you’re away for too long, its siren song brings you home. A glimpse of the skyline brings you to tears.

You have cried on the train more times than you can count. The subway has become your heartbeat—taking you to places you have never been—trying things you could never have imagined—introducing you to people that would challenge you and compel you to want more. You have fallen in love on the train and fallen out of love on it just as many times. You’ve read page after page on the train, always hungry for more.

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