Chapter 56: I'm something

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I'm so in love,

with all the melancholic poetry

which is why

I always try to find

my next little tragedy -

(maybe that's part of why I keep choosing you

out of everyone I ever knew)

but I wanna write something less sad

once and for all -

I try to allow myself to just be,

maybe I don't need to always fly or fall...

I allow myself to eat,

without needing to feel

so guilty

(I split my cookie, but this time the bigger half is the one I give to NOT you but me - sorry)

and I allow myself to sleep

and keep my thoughts for tomorrow,

'cause I don't need to drown myself

in so much sorrow

just for the sake of poetry -

maybe I can try my hand

at writing something happier instead.

I still allow myself to feel

everything so deeply,

as I always do

(I don't know any different way)

but I'll allow myself to let go too

and even if it's hard and it's tough

this has got to be enough -

for now.

I might not always feel so seen

as I wished I could be -

but I know they still love me

and they're just people as well,

as you can tell.

so I allow myself to heal

and to see

that that doesn't kill my mystery

(I can still be so much -

maybe even more...)

maybe I don't need to be

chasing after melancholy,

in fact I know it will always follow me -

it's still within me

(always)

and in the times between?

I will be happy and I will be free...

and it just feels like for the first time I really start to see

that I don't need to be

so much tragedy -

in order just to be something...

(I am already something).

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could this maybe be a new chapter of some hopeful poetry following? :) let's find out...

I still have some more of my usual melancholic/ sadder stuff in my drafts that I will publish, but this just feels so right, right now... wrote this one just a few days ago.

anyway I really hope you liked this poem (one, I'm most proud of probably) - let me know what you think in the comments.

And thank you so so much for reading!

xo, S🌹❤️