I don’t want To straighten my hair To trade my glasses for contacts To lose weight To wear trendy clothes So you can say I’m pretty I also don’t need your acceptance I just want to be left alone To drink my coffee in peace And enjoy the wind on my face Because I don’t care enough About my appearance To leave the windows up Have you realized how deprived You are And how limited to liking certain things Just to fit in When you tell yourself You’re standing out I wish you would sing Like nobody’s listening (Because they’re not) And if they are They just wish they had the courage to sing Like you’re doing And have fun In that abandoned fashion I wish you would dance Even though you wore the wrong shoes And it’s so hot And you don’t know these people All the more reason The blisters will heal The sweat will dry And the people will forget If they remember at all Eat the cheese The doughnuts The cake The steak Drink the liquor The cheap wine The mountain dew that’s no good for you Hold the hand Make the call Because you get one trip It’s not easy to be a nerd In a party crowd To be a gardener In a city To embrace your contentedness In a room full Of money hungry Power tripping Hustlers If only You could…
This made me furrow my brow and then exhale in aggravation. Barely differs from the first writing prompt of the year, “What are you MOST looking forward to?” So. I’ll answer again. Let me be ray of sunshine. Evidently this year is going to teach me the art of patience. January always creeps along. Vacation~surf, sand, seafood, solitudeSummertime~birds, bats, warm water, drinks on patiosGood books~poetry, thought provoking nonfiction, easy readingLove~it is promised…but like the pursuit of happiness I’ll have to catch it myselfBeing myself~because I’m better at it than anybodyAnd I always look forward to driving with the windows down, sunroof open, and music blasting. It’s one of my great joys in life. i feel like all is right in the world. Live, laugh, love…..the rest falls into place…