Scrolls through Facebook,
Sees super cool quote,
Shares it,
Sees another one,
Shares it too,
Waits for likes
Cycle resumes.
It seems so...blind,
So routinely ordinary...
But once you lived and experienced the essence of those quotes,
Where you "got back up" when "life knocked you down",
When you learned to "say no" to everyone pushing you around,
Where you "learned to think for yourself" and finally "ignored what people think of you" ,
When you realized that "life is so short to dwell on the past",
When "you realize how much God has done for you",
When you finally "moved on",
...
Maybe maturity and wisdom come from the battle scars in life...
Where you put it all out there..
Your heart.
Your soul.
Your thoughts.
And left it all out for the taking.
Not from the number words read on pages or on phones...
Live.
Love.
Cry.
Laugh.
Scream.
Punch somebody.
It really is different when you're at the front line.
Somebody told me that it would all be worth it,
That diamonds take time to form.
Maybe not now,
Maybe after a few months,
Maybe in the next generation even,
But it'll all pay off.
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Retrospect
CasualeA compilation of lines that just sprout in my head. . . Shows the poet side of me that is often in a state of emotional instability. . .
