if you ever need to
remember who you are
just start with the basics
something simple
your favorite color
is blue
just like the ocean
it reminds you
just like the tides,
you have highs and lows
but can always reach
the shore.
salt will wash
into your wounds
but the rays of sun
will cleanse you,
as the sun sets
and rises.
you will adjust your sails
when the wind blows
in the opposite direction
that you wanted,
you are strong
and fierce
like the waves
that crash and never
fail to let their sound
be heard.

i want to be someone
who you want to
experience
not a person who
you can lose interest in
like a record you've listened to
too many times
without pausing
to truly listen to the lyrics
i want to be someone
you want to be around
add my laugh
to your favorite soundtracks
and appreciate
my company
not just flip through
my pages and skim a few lines
but actually dogear pages
and highlight your favorite parts
i want to be
worth something to someone

i am an extremist
sunny one moment
then pouring down rain
craving for knowledge
and creativity
then falling into
a ditch of
unmotivation
and thoughts shredded
an extremist of emotions,
scolding hot passion
or lukewarm disinterest
happy highs
and barely
keeping my head
above water

"you can't miss
what you never had"
well i never had you
but every time
we quickly catch eyes
you can see
the heartache of something
i never had
maybe i only miss
the idea of you

i think a lesson we all need to learn
is that you need to love
selflessly,
expecting no return.
love fearlessly
on a big scale,
climb moutains
cross oceans
for those that make you feel
like warm breezy summers
and pure joy.
you can't light someone up
like a cigarette,
just to take a drag
and stomp them out.
expect nothing,
and you will recieve
plenty.

they say
some people die
at 30,
and aren't buried
until they're 90.
we get stuck
in toxic routines
of bitter coffee,
and rushing about.
we forget
we only have
one life
and are barely
living it.
don't settle
for anything less
than extraordinary.

"objects in mirror
are closer than they appear"
in the mirror of my eyes
i feel like
people in my life,
are further than they appear.
you never truly know someone,
and that terrifies me.