Love, Laugh, Live

I lied,

I love laughing,

I love feeling,

And acting like I do.

You think I brushed it off,

But I recollect it finer than you do.

I hid it for so long,

Just to shield that part within,

But now I realize what a blessing it has been,

To care as deeply as a mother does,

And maybe twirl like peacocks do.

To be as bold as my younger self,

But remember to evolve as we go too.

I forgot what passion was,

Until it knocked on the door one day,

And now I solemnly swear:

To not let it leave so easy again.

I missed recklessly dancing in the rain,

I ached to not feel this shame,

Until I recalled I could do that still!

I might not be who I was last year,

Oh, but that's for the better yet.

I used to shrug off the kindness,

Armour up with apathy by my side,

That left me all alone late at night.

But I was just a little girl at the end,

Trying so hard to earn some respect,

Half as wise as a crow if not less.

And so I admit that I lied,

Anytime I saw a tear in someone's eye,

I didn't know how to console them,

Yet I always knew why it is they cry.

Even still, I get mightier as I learn to accept and not fib,

How beautiful it is to love, to laugh, to live!

Thanks for reading! This is my 30th poem, so that's a considerable milestone to acknowledge. Anyway, I wrote this as self-reflection on how far I’ve come with understanding my emotions and allowing myself to feel them instead of shutting them off altogether. Hope you liked it 🫶

~Mortal Morph