Here’s a poem by Arunoday Singh, he articulates it in the best way, gets me everytime. [https://youtu.be/noXnIMY7qN4]
There is no easy way to say this, there is no easy way to say this
We’re more lost than ever before
This isn’t where we were meant to be
This isn’t what we were searching for
None of this seems right and none of us seems sure
We should be sailing in ocean breeze
Instead of trembling on the kitchen floor
And we wish, we could be better,
We wish, we could be smarter,
We wish, we could be a just little more
We wish we could stay in the sky
Not wash like rubbish on the shore,
We wish we could be high and mighty
Instead of begging for a little mercy
We wish they wouldn’t laugh and say how you dare fall so low
And you have to laugh as well don’t you?
Because you who were made in the sky, were brought down low,
You who were made in the sky, were taught, how to live, where you never wanted to go
And you forgot what you once were, and the glory that you once knew,
And you got lost in the thicket, and you forget that you once flew
Well, all is not lost, just look around this place
See the flickers of the same light, that flickers from the shadows of your own face,
Here’s the miracle darlings, here’s what remains of the light,
We’re all survivors of the same catastrophe, we, are the only shelter in sight
And i know it gets lonely some nights, and your mirror reminds you
Everything that you are not
And you wish, you were what you wanted to be,
Not this shadow puppet filled, with a stranger, stranger thoughts
Even when we laugh, our heart clenches
Even when we make love, some part of us, rehearses how to say good bye
No one’s getting out of here alive, not your parents, not your friends, certainly not you or i
But we are all here, together, however long it will last
We are all here, together, being bent out of shape, a little at a time
We are here, together, trying to keep our futures better than our past
Holding each other tightly, together, while trying not to get lost in the crowd
Rising daily, falling nightly, together, weary, yes but still unbound
Come out of the catacombs, that you wander, in the night
Let your heart break once and for all, it’s never worked quite right
The heart, is where they beat you, and make you kneel again
They want you to wear their labels, they want you to love their chains
They want you easy to handle, but you have to remember
You are neither the light, nor the shadow cast, you are but the candle
The world tells you to celebrate, that which is movement and fury
And tells you to learn, how to yearn, to climb, to soar, to roar
But the beauty of who you are, is revealed
When you cease, to be dancer, and grow as humble, and still as the floor
I want you to say this with me – I love myself completely
And that, is all you need to get by
I love myself completely, and no matter how low i ever fall
I always return to the sky.
