you don't always fall in love in September
and find a lover to hold your hand
through the winter,
there are no flowers to wake up to,
no hot chocolate at midnight.
you might also feel like your life is slowing down.
a year has passed, and you're almost
in the same place from where you started.
but there will be the little things,
mostly insignificant,
like a free buffet,
a whole afternoon of poetry,
new music,
drunk friends telling you how much they love you,
and laughter.
there will not be breakthroughs,
you'll still look for inspiration everywhere,
cry yourself to sleep
and hate how your hair looks on weekends.
but it'll matter lesser, and lesser,
because there will be some unplanned trips,
some academic brilliance,
reading Harry Potter for the first time
and drinking a new flavour of herbal tea.
you see, this world
really doesn't care much
about how well you're putting up this fight,
but someday, someone you've never met
will tell you
you've saved their life,
and i swear,
and find a lover to hold your hand
through the winter,
there are no flowers to wake up to,
no hot chocolate at midnight.
you might also feel like your life is slowing down.
a year has passed, and you're almost
in the same place from where you started.
but there will be the little things,
mostly insignificant,
like a free buffet,
a whole afternoon of poetry,
new music,
drunk friends telling you how much they love you,
and laughter.
there will not be breakthroughs,
you'll still look for inspiration everywhere,
cry yourself to sleep
and hate how your hair looks on weekends.
but it'll matter lesser, and lesser,
because there will be some unplanned trips,
some academic brilliance,
reading Harry Potter for the first time
and drinking a new flavour of herbal tea.
you see, this world
really doesn't care much
about how well you're putting up this fight,
but someday, someone you've never met
will tell you
you've saved their life,
and i swear,