To Live

One time I drank coffee in the rain
And the contrast of cold drops on my skin
And the heat within me
Taught me that to live is poetry
My eyes constrict when I see the sun
To protect my retinas that want to stay young
And I find it funny
That cells in my body
Fight harder than I do
To keep me healthy

Maybe I'm missing something
When life feels like a smudged to-do list
Beauty in what's around me
Shouldn't be this easy to miss

I feel the weight of my feet on the ground
And my chest as I'm breathing in and out
And the space between my eyes
Settles down for the first time in a while
I see ripples in water outside
And the wind whistles as it's running by
And in this moment that I occupy
I want you to know we're gonna be alright

I think I'm missing something
When life feels like a smudged to-do list
Beauty in what's around me
Isn't always this easy to miss

At what point does self-doubt
Become a self-fulfilling prophecy
An endless cycle of doubt
And behavior
'Til failure
Gets a monopoly
Please, be gentle with yourself
Oh please, be gentle with yourself

I think I'm missing something
When life feels like a smudged to-do list
Beauty in what's around me
Isn't always this easy to miss
In this reflective thinking
I find my mind is a powerful thing
To what will I dedicate it
Living or dying