It's the un-events that
Mean the most in this world
That become the biggest moments
With the largest meaning
With the heaviest emotions
And the longest hours of revisiting
It's the things you think that don't matter
That add up like the loose change
In the washer or dryer
That add up and create your legacy
And start as un-events
It's the un-events that mean the most
To the most eventful hearts

And the penny splashes into the fountain
Causing ripples
Not only in the water
But also in the lives
Of those impacted

I am looking for the hay
In my stack of needles

I can assure that this
Has been said before me

But it rings true still
And lives as my axiom

I am searching for my
Individuality in a conformity sea

Perhaps I am meant to
Live in many muddied waters

Yet here I am refusing
A fate I cannot seal

Surrender is only an option
For negativity holding me back

I cannot lose everything again
I won't hear my heartbreak

Openly I defy the standards
Laid before my deaf ears

I refuse to stand mute
When I witness any injustice

Now I have decided after
Sixteen years of caving in

I am no one's marionette
Because I pull the strings