Flashback from things
I don’t want to remember
Does more damage than good.

Remembering old hurts,
Nursing old wounds,
Tears up that which was healing.

I always tell myself
To never get attached,
But I always do.

I don’t care
If you’re black or white,
Pretty or ugly.

If you’re nice to me,
You can be sure,
I’ll be nice to you.

Love hurts, that’s a fact,
Boys will lie, and friends all cry,
Parents yell, and you always try.

You never seem good enough,
And you often wonder why,
No one knows that more than yourself.

As someone once told me
You have to hold on,
And show others that they can to.

The most difficult phase
In life
Is when you don’t understand yourself.

So I wrote a list of things,
Things to remember,
When the world seems too much.

I wrote a list of things
For when the world is pouring rain,
And the skies are dark.

I wrote a list,
Of things to remember,
And it’s a long list indeed.

Things to remember
Is that nothing,
Nothing lasts forever.

Things to remember
Is that failure is not fatal,
And that it’s best to go on trying.

To not lose hope,
For when the sun goes down,
The stars come out.

That courage doesn’t roar,
It’s often a quiet voice
Saying “I’ll try again tomorrow.”

Things to remember
Is that the beginnings
Are always the hardest.

That life is a gift,
To never forget,
And enjoy every moment.

There is no reason
To not fill your heart,
And that’s a hard one to remember.

To get up when you’re down,
To fight when you’re struggling,
To put in more effort when you’re in pain.

To come back when no one expects you too,
To stand tall, a pillar, a reminder to the rest,
A reminder that you are so very strong.

To smile when you’re crying,
To laugh when you’re broken,
And to stand when everyone is pulling you down.

Sometimes you have to forget,
Forget what’s gone,
And appreciate what still remains.

That good things fall apart,
So better things can take their place,
So you have something to look forward to.

Always remember
That happiness is a journey,
And not a destination.

This is my list,
My list of things to remember,
And I struggle to remember it.

So I added a note,
And that note read,
“Look for the dawn,
And remember better things will come.”