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Whatever You May Do

August 25, 2014
By Didi.O BRONZE, Vancouver, BC, Other
Didi.O BRONZE, Vancouver, BC, Other
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Favorite Quote:
“To be nobody but
yourself in a world
which is doing its best day and night to make you like
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.”
― E.E. Cummings


Whatever you may do, loved one

Don't believe what they tell you

Don't believe them when they tell you

that you hold no beauty, no grace

Don't believe them when they tell you

That your soul cannot shatter the sky 

into a thousand pieces

Don't believe them when they tell you

that you don't steal the light from the sun at night

or that hope is a sealed box with no way out

or that your lover's eyes are simply one color

Loved one,

Your heart is a spectrum or If's, Do's and Have Done's

And you haven't yet felt your own beauty

seep through your bones

So whatever you may do,

Don't believe what they tell you

Because only the stars will tell you 

That you don't have what it takes to be the moon. 


The author's comments:

In a time when society is fuelled by low self confidence, it is common to see friends and loved ones fall into a pit of self-questioning and hopelessness. I wrote this poem to remind myself and the people around me that things are not always as they seem, and that it is vital to continue to approach life with a sense of curiosity, and throw away any idea of normalcy that people may plant into your head. The world is beautiful because everyone has a rare gift, and if we all tuned in and nurtured it rather than feeding this existing chain of negativity, I can only imagine how promising it would be! 


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