Though my lips are smiling
My eyes are laced with sorrow
And somehow
I find the courage
to put down the knife
Handle the pen
And let my heart bleed in ink

Higher up I float
Drifting into nothingness
Calming with each breath

I know you never got
The hang of small talk
But your mind is a
Bottomless expanse
That shines light into
The darkest of corners
Like stars bright enough
To illuminate faraway galaxies
You've got one foot in the milky way
One hand on the pen
And if your head hits the
pillow too hard at night
You might drift away into cosmic seas
Turning everything along
Your path into star dust
-Shakti o.m.

We're all good at something
For God's sake
Stop thinking you're not creative
Stop thinking you have
nothing to offer this world
You can't sit there watching TV
Wondering why your life is so dull
Get off your *** and try things
Sew something
Keep a journal
Make spaghetti
There are a million and one
forms of art
And I assure you
You will find something that
sparks a fire
It will come naturally
and all at once
You'll know exactly
Why you were born
into this world
And what you're going
to make of your time here
You...
My friend
Have a purpose

It is the greatest act of courage
to remain soft in a world so rigid
Only the fiercest of us will
plunge into the depths of emotion
Illuminating even our darkest corners
for everyone to see
This is not weakness
This is vulnerability
And if love is the greatest
force in the universe
Then maybe strong is all
we ever have been
And all we ever could be
-Shakti o.m.