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Anthem Dec 2016
a wise man once wrote
"to be, or not to be
that is the question"
that line
running through my head
scared of both living
and of death
fighting
finding
there must be a universe
where i took that last step
but it won't be this one
another chance
one last gift
on this, the holiest of nights.
Anthem Dec 2016
it's alright.
i mean...it's not alright



but it's alright.
Anthem Dec 2016
some stay, some leave
some never show up at all
i want to leave but
can't seem to find my way out
my mind is full of
other peoples diseases
and these beliefs
are laughing at me
she says
if this is love
why do you cry so much?
if you're really happy
why won't you eat?
i just have an urge to become
someone who's worthy of you
i just want to hold you
one more time with feeling.
Anthem Dec 2016
i'll never be a famous writer
you'll probably be the only
one who'll ever read these
i'll never be quoted, revered
or even remotely successful
i will forever know the struggle
of a life lived within mediocrity
but i've accepted that
it's okay
i love it just the same.
Anthem Dec 2016
when you were young, i'd tell you
love came from the sea
as the milestones came and went
you still never learned how to speak
one night, you found me crying
stuck your finger in the sink above
touched me on the forehead
and told me i was loved.
Anthem Dec 2016
trust me, you're going to run
it's alright, everybody does
i know myself
better than anybody else.
and trust me, you're going to run
it's alright, everybody does.
Anthem Dec 2016
precariously perched
at the end of every nest
all the siblings already gone
he's the only one that's left

his parents sit and watch
with an ever watchful eye
he tells them that he's scared
and this was their reply

"we've taught you all we can
only one more thing you've left to know
if you want to learn to fly
first you need to learn how to let go"

and with that, they pushed
their baby to the world
the chick fell a couple feet
but then flew away a bird.
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