You never gave a second thought about becoming older.
You never took the time to think about how things would change. All you've ever known is giving a happy thought away to someone who would listen. No one ever told you that one day people would stop caring.
They never gave you a list of things that would make you happy. Get the money and become rich. 9 to 5 doesn't cut it anymore and suddenly she's not that into him. They wonder what went wrong.
They never defined love. They never told you how to know if you've found it and if it's real. You learned about dating and kissing and the s word. But they never told you that love was involved. They never said anything about lying and hatred and joy and hurt. About the hard times that led to peace of mind. They never told you that good follows the bad, and sometimes people don't last through the bad.
It's the way they make us think. The way they convince us that our potential is out there and once we find it and bring in the green, then we deserve happiness.
No one ever told you that happiness and potential lie within you waiting for desire.
They never told you that things would shift and no matter how hard you try to fight it, clouds always find you. But life is gonna be good. They never told you that. So I will.
So happy you posted again. I was waiting all summer for it. Beautiful, as always.
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This has won favorite post since creative writing ended. You're a complete genius.
Seriously, can we watch Michael Vartan be super hot sometime?
Yes please. As long as I don't have to agree that he's super hot.
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ReplyDelete"You never gave a second thought about becoming older.
ReplyDeleteYou never took the time to think about how things would change. All you've ever known is giving a happy thought away to someone who would listen. No one ever told you that one day people would stop caring.
They never gave you a list of things that would make you happy. Get the money and become rich. 9 to 5 doesn't cut it anymore and suddenly she's not that into him. They wonder what went wrong.
They never defined love. They never told you how to know if you've found it and if it's real. You learned about dating and kissing and the s word. But they never told you that love was involved. They never said anything about lying and hatred and joy and hurt. About the hard times that led to peace of mind. They never told you that good follows the bad, and sometimes people don't last through the bad.
It's the way they make us think. The way they convince us that our potential is out there and once we find it and bring in the green, then we deserve happiness.
No one ever told you that happiness and potential lie within you waiting for desire.
They never told you that things would shift and no matter how hard you try to fight it, clouds always find you. But life is gonna be good. They never told you that. So I will."
Just YES
PS I am stalking you on here. Hope you don't mind....