Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Happiness.

This is the best thing I've ever written. Maybe not the best in the sense of beauty or writing style. It's a rhyming poem... so it has that little kid air about it.
But the message.
The message is something I need to read everyday.

Happiness.

When you get out of bed

in the brightness of morn

be grateful, be happy

let your whole life transform

get up and get out

do some good in the world
be a person you love

watch the sunshine unfurl

lend a hand, do what's right

joke with your friends

let them love your heart
and the message it sends

and when you crawl back in bed

in the darkness of night

think back on your day

on those things you did right
because in the end 

time is a thief
and we lose more than we know

when we focus on grief

be the person who cares

live each day to the max

smile too much, laugh too hard

map out days by good acts

think of all the things you can achieve

and after all that... 


just lay there and breathe.

Old. But still applicable.

You (and) Me

Why can't you see 

You (should) want me 

I look at you (longingly) 

But you never see me 

Waiting (always) so patiently 

For you (finally)
to agree 
(with me)

that we

-you and me 
are (simply) meant to be
...can you even hear me?

Hear my (silent) plea?

I know you long to be free

But [I] just [want you] to see

That my heart still beats (achingly)

For you to be

The (only) one for me

And I ask (cautiously)

Why do you always see

Things as "you" OR "me"

As though things won't (ever) be

Seen as "us" and "we"

I've thought of questions (regretfully)

And I (think) 'm (slowly)

Beginning to see

That "we" will not (cannot) ever be

But (for now) I will wait for you (patiently)

And I ask your answer (in complete honesty)

Why can't you

Why won't you

Why don't you see

That out of he, we, and she

You (should) want me.