I just want to go home,To where I can beMy most true self,To where I can stopActing to be someone else.I just want to go home,Where I am allowed to errEven when I try my best,Where I am free to cryTo my heart's content.I just want to go home,To they who makeMy very soul happy,To [...]
Tag: Finding oneself
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As I turn twenty-nine,How do I feel?Excited, anxious or just calm?The truth is I don't know.Do I look backAt the 28 that was,Or in a way wasn't in 2020?The truth is I don't know.Do I look forwardLike every other year,Like every other saying?The truth is I don't know.What I do know is this.I am alive.I [...]
Hero Enough
He wasn't the stereotypical hero --The kind to make her swoon,The kind to make her croon.Yet somehow he stuck.He made her smile.He wasn't the knight in shining armour --The protector of the realm,The one who could overwhelm.Yet anyhow he shone.He always showed up.If anything, he was an anti-hero.Not the one hoped for by mothers.Not the [...]
Adjustment
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. [...]
Today’s Tiny Tale: Dollops
Sugar, salt and spice they had put in as suggested. But they were both cream lovers. It was dollops of that love that made their dish of life come alive.
Perfect
If I were perfect, I would know Exactly what to say. But I bumble for words. If I were perfect, I would do Everything just right. But I make many mistakes. If I were perfect, I would treat Everyone just as they deserve. But I muddle up all systems. If I perfect, I would succeed [...]
Today’s Tiny Tale: Worth
"You're not worth it," said they. "If it's about me, then I'll decide," said I. I decided to believe in myself.
Today’s Tiny Tale: Last Not First
She was not his first true love. She was his last. That was enough for her.
Today’s Tiny Tale: The Last Step
One last step and she would be off the cliff. "I fall or I fly," she breathed. The good part was she was born with wings.
Closure
The best way to know That something is over Is when a tear finds Its way out Finally. For nothing outside us Can ever make it possible. Only what is within us Can free us Finally. There is no point In expecting a new life From something that died Awaiting our acceptance Finally. The best [...]
