Happiness and other poems

Happiness

I think the hardest part of being human

Is finding what truly makes you happy in life

But its hard when the world tries to tell you what happiness should look like

And you believed them for awhile

For so long you checked the boxes

The very ones they said equated to happiness

And every day you wait to turn the corner and find that joy they kept talking about

Only to be met with more boxes

More signs that say this way to happiness

I hope one day you can turn your back on them

I hope one day you find yourself not just turning away but sprinting

With open arms to the possibilities of life

To the quirky things that make you laugh

And the wild, the unkept, the extraordinary things

That fill your soul

I hope one day you realize happiness comes from within and not the things the world tells you to do.

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Home

Let these halls fill with the sound of our laughter

Let the door frame mark the passage of time

Let our arms surround eachother when the days feel so heavy

Let our memories be filled with as much happiness as possible

But on the days where the skies feel grey

Let this place feel like safety

Let this place be your home

Let yourself feel the love that surrounds you

Let the weight drip off your shoulders until you are no longer held down by their heaviness

No longer held back by their shackles

Let this home be the freedom from the cage the world tries to shove you into

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Run

I dont always run with my arms wide open

Outstretched in a field of sunlight with a smile upon my checks

Often times its with clench fists

And tears streaming down my face

Looking back hoping i am just fast enough

To not let the monsters i held with in catch up again