All those lessons I learnt as a kid,
I wonder if I’m paying attention to them now,
‘Cause sixteen stories up, I can see how far I’ve come,
The view down is further than I thought,
And at times, it gets so blurry that I feel I can’t take it much longer,
I know I’ll collapse, to my death, or lose myself, in a deep black cold,
But sixteen stories up, I know more than ever to make the same mistakes again,
This time, I’ll do it without regret,
‘Cause I want the same acceptance that everybody deserves,
Even though I made a million mistakes,
It doesn’t bother me anymore,
I’ve been laughed at, hurt and scorned,
So this wouldn’t be the first of my pains,
But hopefully the last time I ever let it hurt me.
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CHRYSLER BUILDING NEW YORK CITY BY ENXU ZHOU
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