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happiness-------<3------<3--------
I woke up to the sun shining this morning.
 [Every time I think of being happy
 Once more, my heart rises
 So high.]
 I'm sick of this winter low, the non-stop feeling of
 Pressure on my chest.
 Wishes (of being able to close my eyes and
 Open them to a new, brightly colored world)
 Loom around every corner I travel.
 
 J u s t b e l i e v e a n d y o u ' l l f i n d f a i t h .
 Makemebelieve
 
 Timing is everything.
 
 I'd love to tell you I'm perfect.
 I really would.
 That the songs the birds sing,
 The songs you love to hear,
 Were written by me. every single note.
 But they aren't.
 But I can pretend. Can't I?
 I want things to seem better, be better.
 
 What I need is somewhere between
 My window sill and the
 Blinking lights in the distance.
 I know it's close to me. Not close enough.
 Not close enough.
 I know I'll find it soon. I feel it.
 
 Timing is everything.
 
 My hair smells like last summer.
 Of warm weather and sunburns,
 Feels like water hugging my body.
 (Then I smile.)
 
 I like to think nothing is permanent.
 That a few years from now, everything that is
 Wrong
 Now, will be gone. Won't matter.
 
 I just have to believe.
 hope.
 wait.
 For a moment when the weight
 Is lifted off my chest.
 
 Timing is everything.
 
 
 
 Don't forget it.

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Write a poem
So beautiful
That each word would be
Worth a hundred tears,
And a thousand
Smiles.
?
I was inspired by the song Timing Is Everything, written by Our Last Night.
give it a listen, it's good.