When you said You didn't like What I did, I dropped it. When you said You didn't like What I said, I shut it. When you said You didn't like What I thought, I stopped it. And then one day, I realized, I didn't like Who I was becoming. So I picked what I dropped. [...]
Tag: Change
My End, My Beginning
Be my end,I plead thee,For I don't knowHow to go onWithout you.Be the end of meAs I know alone,Which is so notWhat I want to be,With you.Be the endOf everythingAs I know it,For sometimes,The end is where we begin.Be the beginningI have yearnedWith all my heart,Not for days,But years.Be the beginning of meAs I know [...]
If You Could Turn Back Time…
If, by some magic, You could turn back time, What would you change? A situation, A word, Or an act? Another person, Many other people, Or yourself? If, by some magic, You could turn back time, Would you relive it? Stay there a little longer, Stay silent some more, Or stay the same? See them [...]
Old With New
You ask me to shed away The old me For a new dawn. But how can it be? You want me to transform All anew Like everything around. But is that why I grew? You say it's the fashion To discard To drape the new. But why for me it's hard? For my past is [...]
Alone
Do you ever feel alone, Even in a crowd? Even when there's room For no more? Do you ever feel alone, Even when everyone is Nice to you, Giving you enough to be grateful? Do you ever feel alone, Even when there's so much Sound around you, Making it no more than noise? Do you [...]
Make Someone’s Day
Do you recall how as you were having a really horrible day, someone did something completely unexpected and made you smile? Something very similar happened to me yesterday. Post a very hard day, I had left all hope of anything nice taking place. After all, it was past midnight. That's when I saw my school [...]
Don’t Relive the Last Year
There is a reason why after a set of 365 days, a brand new set of another 365 days begins. There is a reason why we call it a "new year." It is an opportunity to start something anew, to do different things, to have another chance. It is about telling yourself to let go [...]
Be a Good Boss
You may try hard to hide it but you have a gentle heart. You would not only be respected and feared. You would be loved. Someone who can rule, and should rule -- centuries come and go without a person like that coming into the world. There are times when I look at you and [...]
3 Things About Putting Up a Show
It matters not where it happens or on how big a scale. There are three things about putting up a show that cut across place as well as scale and are inevitable. If you care about it, you will have to put up with them. 1. Lots and lots of Hard Work This one goes [...]
Our Writing Changes With Us
Has it ever happened to you that years after you wrote something, you read it and were like, "I wrote this???" The words in front of your eyes seemed to be painting a picture that looked a little silly, over-the-top or at times even unrelatable? Yet, you know for a fact that you did indeed [...]
