Dark crystal

A universe within

Gravity irresistible

Storm is brewin

Things are boomin

And bangin big

New universe is bloomin

But I'm hangin in

Though I'm scared of it

Of getting bit

By the monstrous

Unknown

I can handle it

I can eat the shit

Let emotions not get

Overblown

She laughs with wild abandon

More than any person I've known

The snow white Jasmine to my Aladdin

A life lived with levity, I've been shown

To describe her with brevity

Cannot be done easily

As words themselves fall flat

But oh, what she means to me

Raising my frequency

Like an energy thermostat

And that's what laughter does

Don't think of the why, like "because"

Laugh like it mattered

Like a manic Mad Hatter

Laugh to combat the strife

Laugh like the Joker

Or man bad at poker

Laugh like it saved your life

Thoughts racing

Contemplating

Decision debating

Future creating

Speck of stardust

Roaming Earth's crust

Trying it's best

To work it's hardest

Achieving it's dreams

By any means

Or not

It seems to be our last spring break

At least together while college aged

A golden opportunity to take

To write out this chapter page by page

Day one was to drive

From Texas to Colorado Springs

So grateful to be alive

With you, to see what this week brings

For after this week

We've a great change ahead

For now, I just seek

To leave nothing unsaid

To ensure that you know

How much you mean to me

That I love your soul's glow

With it's sweet and kind vibrancy

And our radical honesty

What a gift that has been

I can say honestly

My time with you's been my biggest win

New forms of writing

Experimentation

Striving and fighting

To build a great nation

Things are wrong with society

But so much more's right

Free speech, like don't quite me

Have humble insight

You know what's right

And if you don't, you can learn

It takes a mind, bright

To learn to discern

And a soul on fire

To go out and earn

Like get on your feet

While the wind's at your back

Have humility in defeat

For the next great attack

So you're stronger then

Life is long, my friend

But my, how time flies

Wisdom to hold - that I recommend

You're gonna grow old

Even the greatest man dies

If your life were a painting

What colors would you choose?

Emotions are the same thing

They're the fuel that you use

I prefer shades of blue

And greens

Blacks and purples

For me it means

Diving deep

With snorkels

Or a submarine

Looking for things

That at first may seem

Less than serene

But dark hues are interesting

Like the way Amy Lee sings

Where would My Immortal be

Without a bit of heartbreak

Bright days are great

But don't underestimate

The beauty darkness brings

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Jealousy is resentment's little brother

Heresy to a life well lived

To wish you were another

You compare unfavorably

To someone else's highlight reel

Leaving your thoughts unsavory

As if you've got a raw deal

But the truth here is

You must heal

If you were fearless

Youd see jealousy's the wrong feel

Where inspiration is right

You'd see they have what they have

Cuz they chose to fight

Not sit around being sad

Or wishin destruction for Abel

Like Cain

Resentment brings nothing but trouble

And pain

And when you're in your own hell

You've only yourself to blame

You'll know exactly how you fell

As indignation turns to shame

Choose instead to not remain the same

Be better than you were yesterday

You're given one life, one body, one brain

Have fun with the journey and learn to play

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Alright

I've gotta write

I have so many

Poems saved

In this phone

For a rainy day

It's outrageously

Underrated to write

Every day

In my own way

I'll always have something new to say

If I keep my mind nude, like buddhists say

What'd Buddha say?

Life is suffering

Not to bring clouds to your day

But understanding

That's life's demanding

And requires thinking

Don't be a sheep, bleating

Or attention seeking

For reasons reeking

Of weakness

You can beat this

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From darkness, emerged

No longer discouraged

Endured the black scourge

My mind, left nourished

For after the long night

Teeming with unseen

Predators and prey

Came the light of day

With it's vibrant sheen

It's important to recognize

The lessons you glean

Now that your mind is serene

Cuz it's easy to patronize

Your weakness when demoralized

But there's something significant

For you to realize

Change is the only thing consistent

Your world can flip in an instant

And suffering is inevitable

So learn from the lows - be insistent

And build a life, incredible

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The ups and downs of emotion

Are the ebbs and flows of an ocean

Unseen but felt

Pristine when problems are dealt

With

But when issues go unresolved

Like plastic, they just dissolve

Fantastic procrastination tactics

Never choosing to evolve

Till the problem particles are so integrated

So diffuse

That to call your life devastated

Is a mere approximation - and loose

You either decide to change

At any given moment

Or continue thinking it's strange

That years have passed with nothing to show for it

Except for age

And maybe some rage

For the fact you never stepped out of your cage

Didn't act, and at the end of the day it's yourself who you've played

If life's a game

For all of us

It ends the same

So have some trust

In yourself

Before it's too late

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