Give yourself time to feel your emotions
But don't let them control you
Let it consume you
But not forever.
There are moments in life when you have to let yourself feel, the pain the trauma, the depression the anxiety.
There are also moments you h...
(Most of these are about my siblings moving away, others are written about the beauty of the earth)
Chapter 2
I didn't think I'd be alive to see the mountains To see you leave home To find the one you love I didn't think I'd be alive to see you this happy But The mountains sure are beautiful The air smells of flowers and forestry And you look like you are where you're meant to be right now The air isn't heavy And things aren't like they used to be And I'm happy. I'm hiking through the mountains Standing by the river Looking at the sunset Instead of out the hospital window My hearts not heavy But it is in love I didn't think I'd be alive long enough to want to be.
Stop asking your legs where they're taking you Follow them blindly Allow yourself to walk through life Without asking about the purpose of each move you are making Allow yourself to find beauty instead of searching for it Because more times than not it's right in front of you.
Sitting here Miles away from home But this is that place for you
I watch as two people in love become each other's family.
I bring in the boxes The bags I help put everything away
You went from being the top of my bunk bed to the other side of his bed
And I couldn't be more happy for you It'll hurt Taking that plane Leaving you here But I wouldn't want anything less You found home You found your person Your passion Your dreams You're following them Your taking risks Your choosing yourself
You're not going to live with your siblings forever But they will hold your small hands in theirs and guide you through your childhood They'll walk on the dangerous side of the street They'll teach you to look both ways They'll walk with you at your own pace Until they have to cross it And when they do Don't grab their hand Let them be They have places where they are meant to be You can't clip the wings of someone born to fly Let them fly
As you drive past the valleys And the dirt roads As you drive away from our childhood home I hope you feel a little sad That the good memories Outshine the bad You only feel like you're losing something If you loved something But you're not losing anything Let the memories shine Don't close the blinds Let the sun hit your face And if you cry Remember no matter where you are the same sun will shine I hope the sadness is only temporary grief Of the child that has grown
I hope you feel free from guilt I hope you know There's a place for you In the mountains There's a place for you in the valleys And if you look at the mountains long enough it just might remind you of home
You're not leaving forever At least we don't think But this is the end of an era It's the start of a journey Cause you're destined for something more
You've already climbed as high as you can on our flat land You may be able to see our living sky's But when you climb high enough you can reach it It's time for something bigger It's time for you to climb
Your going to second-guess yourself Your going to wonder if you made the right decision You might regret it You might think it's too hard You might think you are not strong enough But nothing easy is worth moving for Nothing hard Comes naturally It's going to take work It's going to take communication But that's why you can grow you can learn Adjust and adapt Someone saw something in you The passion and drive They saw your wings They knew you could fly And our gonna get their But first, you have to walk First, you have to climb Your gonna get their Your gonna make it Give yourself time Let any thoughts saying otherwise subside
There are a lot of things my mental health stole from me as a child, but the one I grieved the most was my time with you.
We will never be kids again Well never share a room again We won't ever play school again We won't have sleepovers on Christmas Eve You won't ever walk me to school Or read me to sleep Because we've grown up And outgrew our toddler-sized beds I just wish I knew how quickly we'd grow And how far apart that would take us
I don't wanna be alone again Your all close At least for the summer The house is loud We have to fight for the tv I don't want it to be quiet again
Your purpose is too big It would be impossible to stuff into this small town You can't make a difference in a place that never changes You have to venture far
