Tag: reflecting

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 224

Day 224: “Rollercoaster”

The spectrum of human emotion

Is vast

Exhausting

Sometimes it makes me want to pull up the covers

And turn out the lights

As if sleep

will magically transform my mindset

Which I will say

does often work

Until the next time

My hair is whipping in the wind

as the rollercoaster goes barreling down the tracks

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 222

Day 222: “Breaking Free”

I’m picking up the pen and paper

Or rather exercising my thumbs across the keyboard

To say something

Anything

To get out of a rut

Of imagined exhaustion

And self-imposed imprisonment

It’s time to get with the season

Let the rain fall on my skin

And the cool air dance across my nose

It’s time to wake up

And wake up sooner

Live my days with levity

And be so creative

I impress myself

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 219

Day 219: “Fear: an Outlook on Life”

I realize that there’s always two outlooks

Sometimes more

ways to look at things

Find the good

The positive

But it’s hard

when you’re scared

scared of loss

scared of that feeling

scared to be alone

I don’t want to be left alone

I’ve felt it before

And it’s terrible

I know that I’m never alone

I have myself

And blah, blah, blah

But sometimes I need to wallow

Sit in fear

Stir in imagined disaster

I’m not sure why that is

But that’s where I’m at now

I’ll lay my head

down to rest

And hope the fear doesn’t spill into my dreams

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 210

Day 210: “Freedom”

They say comparison

makes you feel like shit

Well, that’s not exactly the saying

I’m paraphrasing

I’ve been a bit stuck

And a bit jealous

of what others have accomplished

What freedom they have

Financial

Creative

And otherwise

I’d love to have the freedom to do whatever I want

Be whoever I want

Like truly

Wouldn’t we all?

Why can’t we have that?

What do we have to do to have that?

I’m actually asking

Because, believe me,

I’m trying