they always tell you to fall in love with life,
but i feel like that's a lot of pressure,
sometimes i feel like the sequins are stuck to my palms,
like a sick person,
stuck them with a tacky glue.
but someone once told me to start romanticising my life,
so i started to take all the little things for granted,
so pick up a handful of sequins,
and adorn your life,
while thanking the universe,
and live.
live for shared glances across the room,
appreciate when someone's face lights up,
champagne blush,
and they get all excited over something,
and start jumping up and down,
live for laughing until you can't breathe,
live for city lights,
and late nights,
live for cold sheets,
and the smell of the rain on the pavement,
live for clinking glasses,
then finally gaining the confidence to dance aimlessly,
with no shame,
and live for the "i" in-front of "i love you",
live for airports early in the morning,
and leaving the cinema late at night,
live for the pinky promises,
and inside jokes,
live for the "I'm proud of you"'
after achieving something you never thought you could,
and you can finally even believe it yourself,
live for petting a strangers dog,
and complimenting a stranger,
live for the phases of the moon,
double rainbows,
and the one hundred billion stars in the sky,
live for you.
it can be the bare minimum,
so pay attention to everything around you,
and appreciate it all,
after all,
we may only get it once,
and once i started to cherish these things,
not only could i unhand the sequins,
they glinted a little more,
and so did i.
interpretation: i wrote this on the full moon as part of gratitude, it's basically a thankful appreciation for things we take for granted and things i love about life as much as i actually hate it:)
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forget me not.
PoetryThis is my first poetry collection i've ever written, it covers several topics. A lot are based on love and relationships but it also covers a lot of sensitive topics such as mental illness, domestic violence, sexual assault, homophobia etc. I've ne...
