cried tears of pride

these tears are not sadness for nothing is wrong
nor are they pain for you see, i am strong
i cry not for death nor woe nor defeat
but for pride in myself for i feel complete
at last i feel whole, like one with the world
my future, in front of me, has been unfurled
a future of hope, passion and change
a future with peace and love that's exchanged
my future of freedom of life and of choice
our future of happiness where we can rejoice

FREE

i feel free
like im driving down a one way street
nothing facing me, just pushing me to keep going
i feel f r e e
enough to scream in joyful song
because nothing at the moment seems to be wrong
yes, at this moment, even i feel strong

goodbye

I'm going to say goodbye to you
just in case
in case something goes wrong
and i never see you again

I'm going to say goodbye
because i don't know if ill ever have enough courage to say hi to you again

Tonight,

I fell in love with a stranger.
I knew nothing but it just felt right.
Could be said that it was love at first sight.
But I don't know how it felt on the other side. inside.
So I just walked away from it all.
At a steady pace so I wouldn't fall.
I thought it was probably right.
And polite.
I wasn't known anyway.
Just a face. Simply. No name, future or past.
Just now, and this moment, that never seems to last.

a tiny little thought.

tiny little ants. all over my kitchen counter. i inspect. grab tissue. squish. throw out. and forget. every time i go to the kitchen i do this. without even thinking. except one day, sometime last week, i inspected. i grabbed the tissue, but i didn't squish. for some reason a ton of thoughts flooded my mind. the most significant of them was: "what did this ant ever do to deserve such a terrible squishing?" so i took the tissue and brought the ant outside. i used this tissue, something that had been used in the past to kill, to save this tiny little ant. this tiny little life.

I've found that the most beautiful things in life, people and places included, are relatable, encouraging and humble.

The Lemonade Stand.

I wait and wait for a customer
but people just drive by
I wait and wait
and wait and wait
while everyone passes by
Why can't they see?
Why don't they care?
I wait and wait
I wave and wait
I even smile
Yet nothing
Still no one
And then it rained.