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Copy and Paste
Each day’s the same day
Copy and paste
The same plain old feelings
Same rest, same haste
The days drone on
Full of small simple sighs
Not quite having fun
Yet time still flies
I am a writer,
I write worlds and stories
Heroes and villains
Failures and glories
If I can make these worlds
And I can make these faces
Why can’t I make reality
Like one of those places?
There’s no sparkling magic
Or inventive new fun
This world’s always the same
When the day is done
Each day’s the same schedule
Hanging over my face
So I sit and I breathe
And I copy and paste
Life’s a small crumpled paper
Next to glassy old screens
A dry dusty desert
With no water, no dreams
When Life’s like a nap
And not like a race
Each day’s the same day
So copy and paste.
Life pats my shoulder
Without seeing or caring
That I sit here bored
Numb and staring
Well that’s a bit rude
Like a punch in the gut
it can’t always be like this
So you know what?
Since Life doesn’t care
I’ll write my way out
Take charge of my own life,
choose what it’s about
And when I try,
I find magic in the mundane
Little things that make me happy
Stories in the wood grain
I wake like a warrior
Energy all around
Rediscovering passions
Bursting with song and sound
I guess I forgot how to live my life
And find happiness in simply being
I turned the desert to an oasis
Just by truly seeing
Every day’s a new day
So don't let it waste
Whatever you do,
Don’t copy, don’t paste
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I wrote this when I realized that I wasn't living the way I used to, that I wasn't as happy or involved. Every day was just about reaching the next. So I wrote this poem as a way to face it, and it helped me as I tried to bring more color to my gray life.