240.

"One more to go", she kept telling herself,
But it's bad when a pleasure starts feeling like that,
Like a choir, like a task, like something to tick on a list,
Like things to be done to not get dismissed.
The process's not fun, at least not always,
But that's not important, the result is what counts,
When you'll look behind, you should be feeling proud
And giving yourself a break is something you should be allowed.

239.

Open letter to the world.
From a child that you've turned old,
From a child that we all were,
When'd you turn our toys so gore?
When'd you turn our dreams to dust?
When'd you turn childplay into lust?

When did money just take over?
How did playing just get over?
We dreamt of reaching the sky
With our imagination, in our games,
Now it's just something we'd really like to buy,
Just to win over others some stupid mindgames.

Open letter to the world.
From a child that you've turned old,
Tell us where's our innocence,
Most of us forgot this word,
Not to mention its sweet sense.
Look at us, then look again,
Are you sure that we're to blame?!...

238.

"You're 3 poems far behind,
What are you doing with your life?"

"Oh, I know, I don't know,
I guess I was hoping that life without poetry
Might be just as nice, with a replacement to ease anxiety,
But it wasn't. So that one's on me."

"Of course it is. And don't really think
You can get away with it that easily,
'Cause you can't and you won't and you shouldn't,
Don't break a nice habit that's also a personal challenge,
It's the only healthy thing you are doing."

"Brain, you know you are me,
So lecturing me is just lecturing yourself,
Hmm...Can we consider this self-help?"

"Consider it whatever you want,
Consider it considerate,
Now stop wasting time thinking about silly things
And start writing things down!"

(And the author and brain lived happily ever after)

237.

Two days ago was International Dog's day,
Let's imagine a bit we're in their shoes.

"I woke up today and I heard humans move their feet,
Went straight to their bed and started to lick their faces,
I'm so happy to see them for yet another day,
I love my time with them before their daily races.
One human went in the room with the water running, so noisy,
That room where they wash me and I hate it, but I behave,
And after a wait that seemed infinite, because I missed him so badly,
Human came out and took me for a walk.
I love walks. And my humans. I love time with them,
But walks don't last too long and then humans are gone;
They'll be back hours later, take me out, play a bit
And then off they're to bed, as I'm sad until morning.

I love my humans, I just love them so much,
And I really think that they love me back,
'Cause they pet me and hug me, give me water and food,
I'm so lucky to have them, I just wish they had more time,
I just wish every day they wouldn't have to leave,
Sometimes I steal their slippers or socks so they'd stay home and search for them,
But they don't, they always go, and sometimes they get upset,
But then, when they're back, we're all happy to meet again.
I love my humans, oh boy, I really do
And I don't know who's the good boy, but I'll find out one day
And be better than him so that humans love me more,
I swear that will happen, it'll be as real as human's shoe I chewed on the floor!"

236.

Loudest voices
Are rarely good ones,
You'll sense in their sound
(Eventually).
Loudest voices
Make other voices feel low,
Even though it'll all come around
(Eventually).
Loudest voices
Are loud while they're listeners,
But they'll also seek silence
(Eventually).

235.

Dig deeper into your past
So you can clear your future,
So much hurt a lot, but you've forgotten so fast,
Sometimes in pain you'll find nurture.

"Hey, there, pretty eyes,
What're you looking at today?"

"I'm just looking inside you,
Do you mind anyway?"

"Oh, no, be my guest,
That's what I was told by my therapist,
I should look inside me,
And allow it to look back,
There's no staring contest,
But if one blinks, there'll be a lack,
No second should be wasted,
No second left behind,
Who I was, who I am
And who I am to become
Are dancing a creepy dance,
Sometimes crawling,
Sometimes flying,
Driving eachother mad,
Making eachother laugh,
There's also many tears,
There's a lot of extasy,
So come on, keep on looking,
Inside what do you see?"

"I see everything
You're unable to see,
You're caught in this world,
You've forgotten about me.
And I see myself,
I'm still there,
Set me free?
Or maybe come join me,
It's dark, but that's just opportunity
For light..."

234.

You can get purple from blue and from red,
You can get happiness from a mixture of memories that make you sad.
You can get what you deserve from being who you are,
That can mean so many things, but I can't tell you from afar.
You can get green from blue and from yellow,
You can get so much sorrow from one true dear fellow,
You can get your mind blown from the simplest of things
And then watch a pure smile while on your face carefully springs.
Carefully carefree, that's everyone's paragon,
But by hiding in plain sight, you can't find your sine qua non,
Non-promising, yet a promise was done,
To yourself? To all others? Cheers to losers who won!

233.

Wake up
And make up,
Just make up your mind,
Get dressed and get out,
There's no time to unwind,
Get out in the wind,
Fight the storm,
Feel the rain,
Get up in that train
Or you'll waste life again.
Strike one,
Look around,
No music, just sound,
Why won't you be loud,
Just like inside your head?
Another day's gone,
Just get back to your bed,
Tomorrow's a new day
To wake up
And make up.

232.

So long has passed,
So little is left,
What happened is called theft.
Part of you is gone
You can feel it like no one,
You knew yourself best
And now you know yourself just like the rest.
It's funny and it's also sad,
How something so stupid can impact you this bad,
Your anatomy is changed,
So are your brain and soul,
You're only left with hope
That one day you'll again take back control.

231.

Happy birthday, dear big brother,
May all the years be kind to you!
Happy happy birthday, may they be fun
And may you never again be blue!
May your hard work truly pay off,
May there be no happiness that you not know of,
May you smile your way through all the time,
May shining bright be your biggest crime,
May you easily get the true meaning of life
And may you live it just like in your dreams!

Happy, happy birthday and remember that
(No matter what)
Your family loves you loads and our doors will never get shut!

230.

I couldn't wait to become an adult,
I thought it would mean being independent and bold,
Living life how you want it,
Doing things that you like,
But then, "suprise!", life's really not at all like that!
There's just a little time left for yourself,
Time to relax, to forget about worries and stress,
There's little opportunity to be who you are,
If you have expectations and want to raise your own bar.
Get ready for disappointment, for loss and for sadness,
For days when you'll literally feel you are hopeless;
There'll also be days that might feel like they're better,
But make sure that life won't treat you like it should.
You'll earn every nickle, you'll sweat every dime,
And you'll be startled how fast you're out of time!

229.

I think that this is the first time this year
That I'm actually sick, and it sucks, to be clear!
Fever and shivers, at the same time during summer,
The least I can say is that it's quite a bummer.
I've never before said it, nor thought that I would,
This is clearly the man flu and it got me for good...

228.

Dear mom and dear dad,
I just hope I make you proud,
Hope that when you hear from me,
You're as happy as you can be.
I've made decisions,
Maybe some bad,
But they were mine
And I learned, in the end,
I also made good ones,
I know you can see,
You're always there
To celebrate them with me.

Dear mom and dear dad,
Won't you forever stick around?
It's good to know you're always there
And to lie to myself you'll never go anywhere.
And I'm also proud of you,
You did your best with all you went through,
You raised me well, a decent person,
Independent and introspective, not just on the surface -
I guess all I want is to deeply thank you
For everything that you did and continue to do!

227.

Sometimes you'll just sit back
And think about your life,
There've been so many things,
Those things that you got past,
They made you who you are
And helped you raise the bar.
There are so many things,
Those things you hope will come,
To turn you into something
You feel your life lacks now.

Sometimes you'll just sit back
And think about just nothing,
Sometimes, but oh so rarely,
Just breathe, focus on now,
Just leave all the anxiety,
All fears of what went or might come,
It's all mind over matter,
It's about what you've overcome -
But mostly about focusing
On living your "right now"!

226.

You're entitled to feel just however you want,
Nobody can take that, unless they're unkind.
Feeling sad? Just go through it!
Some days are just rough,
Plus it'll make you appreciate all those days that are not.
You're emotional? It's not weakness,
It's better than to bottle up
All those negative feelings that eventually bring you down.

You're entitled to feel just however you want,
Just remember that your feelings should not be entitled to bring you down.

225.

Look at the horizon,
It looks rather close,
Once you're getting closer
It's actually farther more.
That's not a good goal, is it?
So maybe wake up now?
Or maybe it's too late,
Little decoy, you're so into the bait!
There's no more time to wait,
But patience you must learn.
It's cold, but you feel warm,
It's hot, but you're so cold,
You're young, but you're so old,
You only breathe in mould,
Your brain buried your dreams,
Behave, don't make a scene,
And don't you ever dare
To keep secret a spare
Of hopes. You learned nothing in school;
That was the plan, you fool!
"All in all,
You're just another brick in the wall!"

224.

I can't wait for summer to be gone,
I used to love it, but now it's too warm,
Sometimes too much light gives power to the dark,
Your heart will crave for all those shades of black.

I know that after I won't wait for winter to be gone,
I used to love it, but now it's not that fun,
Sometimes too little light gives power to your dark inside,
If we're all hiding from the Sun, do any really hide?

223.

You'll enjoy being appreciated,
It'll make you feel good about yourself,
You'll enjoy others praising you,
You'll learn a lot about yourself.

But when you're home all by yourself,
Which voices will be more loud?
The good ones, or the bad?
Will you allow the ones that bring you down
To keep you there, give you another frown?
Will you be able to bring yourself up
Or you rely on external appraisals for that?

222.

Take in all the good and bad
Cause it's all there,
It's your familiar.
Look around
And imagine it all gone,
Would you have lost or won?
Life is not in a way,
Life's in all the ways,
Make sure you can sleep today,
Make sure that your actions
And all your interactions
Bring some good to the world.
There's good and there's bad in you,
Which one are you gonna let loose,
Which one do you choose?

221.

Some places are not how they used to be,
But that's quite normal.
What's not cool
Is when memories
And reality
Have nothing in common anymore.
Take it easy,
Be it what it may be,
Keep your own integrity
And you'll just face it all.

220.

International Cat Day
Seen through a cat's eyes:
"Meh, they should celebrate me
Every day,
Okay?
They should be thankful
And grateful
For each meaow I say,
Okay?
They should give me special treats,
They should get that their seats are my seats,
Their bed is my bed
But I sometimes allow them in it,
Okay?
They should be happy for my purrs,
My midnight races and that I leave so much fur
They could design a fluffy robe
To keep them warm,
Okay?
And they should be grateful
For all the moments I allow them
To pet me
(Pfft, keep dreaming, you're the pet!),
So what's that International Cat Day again?
It's everyday,
Okay?!"

219.

There's a couple of words
More respectable than any,
With such power over us all,
You'll even think it's uncanny.
I mean, come to think of it,
They're just a bunch of normal words,
But each morning they become magic
And their lack of presence can make any day tragic.
I bet you're now curious to know
What words would be those,
They'll come to you like a muse,
That you'll enjoy to abuse
With exaggerated use,
They're the almighty "Dismiss" and "Snooze"!

218.

You make the destination less important,
Actually not important now at all,
I'm simply just enjoying all the road,
With all the good and all the bad,
With all that's done and all that's not,
With you right next me.
You've raised me up so many times,
We've shared so many glasses of wines,
We've shared some stories and I know that it's barely a part,
You've clearly become my favourite one.
2 years is so little, but it's just enough
To know that you're the one and we'll never be done,
So cheers, my half, to our story and the fun,
To the beautiful life that's yet to come!

217.

I don't wanna be unkind,
But you take my peace of mind,
Take it, run away with it
And don't even know you did.
It's been happening for a while,
Quite some time, nice, versatile,
First, I didn't know what to do,
Now I know we're stuck like glue!
Oh, my God, and look at you!
Can you remember our debut?
Something like nothing before,
Unlimited credit in a candy store,
All the rainbows, the clichees all,
Turned them into poetry of soul.
I don't wanna be unkind,
Never leave, would you now mind?

216.

The invisible girl
Was working on her superpower,
Being absent and all,
She was reaching her goal.
No place to go,
Gone even when she was here,
You couldn't see her at all,
It's like she would disappear.
It was fun for her at first,
Seeing all without being seen,
Then she realized it was sad,
In this she was not alone,
See today's world
Just makes us all
Steadily turn
Into the "invisible girl".

215.

Introspection
For your take on life,
Do it regularly -
Do you still feel kind?
Don't you remember?
You were spoiled,
That's why right now
You're an egocentric adult!
Introspection -
Or maybe don't do it,
For some it doesn't work,
You'll just victimize yourself
More and worst.

214.

Strong pain is one of the feelings that make you feel most alive,
But at the same time make you wish you would die,
You'll just lay in your bed and keep wondering why
You're so weak that it's matter over mind?
And that won't help most the times, it'll just make it worse,
You'll question the laws of the universe;
How much pain can one person endure and for how long?
'Cause your strength is gone and that's wrong,
Strong pain is one of the feelings that make you feel most alive,
But at the same time make you wish you would die.

213.

Nostalgia can come in different faces,
Different smells or different places,
Different memories trigged by words,
Triggered by people or triggered by songs.
Nostalgia reminds you of where you belong,
Where you come from and where you should go,
Nostalgia is something you clearly know,
It's taking ownership of all parts of you.