"Have some fire.
Be unstoppable.
Be a force of nature.
Be better than anyone here,
and don't give a ****
what anyone thinks.
There are no teams here,
no buddies.
You're on your own.
Be on your own."

When my eyes yearn for
acceptance, remembrance, and love
my soul will refuse to
let my mind wither away from
disappointments over discovering
that life isn't always
creamy coffee and lovely poetry
and cuddling around a warm hearth
or parking your car in
the middle of nowhere and
dancing underneath shooting stars,
sometimes, it's just
everlasting shades of pain
and grasps of time slipping away
and losing yourself
in a flurry of life around you.
sometimes while living
we feel as if we are dying,
and in those moments
we must have fire
and be unstoppable,
a force of nature
better than anyone else
never listening to others' wallows,
and all of the time,
I am the only person
who can change, move on
and live my life.