Cookies fresh out of the oven
Sunshine warming the skin
unexpected flowers in full bloom
bubbles on my skin
A fully intact seashell
hush puppies that are still warm
a baby’s unexpected giggle
the silence after a good song
surprise phone calls just because
coffee at just the right temperature
fluffy snowflakes falling in slowmotion
constellations in the sky
fireflies lighting up just past dusk
hugs that last a second longer
unexpected reminders that I am loved.
I can say that I’m depressed,
be blunt and still be ignored.
But yet at my funeral,
people will say
“If only I had known”.
I am a large, round raindrop
falling from the darkened sky
on a humid, summer day.
You may see me fall,
you may even hear my descent
but nonetheless I will be forgotten
once my body splats on the pavement.
I miss the feeling
of my toes in the sand and
seashells in my hand.
When I look at my life,
I often don’t like what I see.
I’m overweight, in debt, stressed,
not as happy as I could be.
When I look at my life,
I often feel despair.
No matter how hard I work- I lose.
It just never seems to be fair.
When I look at my life,
I often feel discouraged and lost.
I might get somewhere if I give my all,
but that is quite a heavy cost.
When I look at my life though,
I often catch a tiny blink
of what I could be
if I slow myself down and think.
When I look at my life,
someday, somehow, someway
I want to look and be able to say
I’m glad I didn’t throw it all away.
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