I’m tired of being sad and having no clue as to why I am this way, so I’ll write about the happy bits of me and the reasons I smile. I dance when I’m alone, when the music gets just right and I’m sure that no one is watching.

It’s OK to feel lonely.

I used to not like the idea of it, but once you’re comfortable in your own skin, even depression starts to feel like a breeze.

I’m reading a book, "The Road Less Traveled" By M. Scott Peck that says we are the beliefs and thoughts that we think and believe in. So if I say that I’m happy a thousand times, one of those will come back as true.

So if I say I’ll find the love of my life someday, someday he'll appear in front of me while I’m writing another poem.

We bring into this world the kind of kindness that we’ve been dealt, so when I fake a smile, my mother is omnipresent. Although it’s not real, fake it until you make it, right?

The book also says to spend more time doing things that make you lose track of time, so I decided to write again, and more often than not, to not compare myself to others because once you start doing that, there’s no going back.

I don’t write like someone else. I write like myself. I don’t think like anyone that I know. There’s just you and the beautifully twisted world.

We’re all trying to find redemption inside of coral skies and trustworthy friends. I would break my own hand to contain my anger, it is contained. Happiness is what we make it, so if I say that it exists, then it will be so.

Listening to your guidance, that makes me happy. You know who you are. Breathless to the words, you paint the sunrise with your pinky and promise that as long as I’m here today, tomorrow will not be filled with sorrow.

I keep writing letters to the future person that I will be, and I wonder if I’ll change. I probably will. We all do in one way or another. I’m the kind of person that snaps a picture of the sky while I’m driving.

I’m reckless, but I'm still alive.

Life’s too short, and I need to be more careful. I’m certain that death has given up a few passes for me. Do you ever feel like you’re running out of time? Like there’s something trying to make a statement, a lost word that even Google couldn’t get its hands on?

Do you ever feel like no one’s really listening? We’re all selfish in the end, but the ones that truly listen — they are the ones that I live for. I maintain online friendships better than my relationships with my siblings. I guess our thinking is just at different frequencies.

On the topic of frequencies – the you that you would like to be is out there. You just need to listen. Hear the right words said by the right person, and you’ll be in the right spot to be the you that you’d want to be in this life.

Sometimes, we just need to let go a little bit, embrace the art of it to be left to the wind.

The unknown will bring us to more adventures, and you may not be loved by many, but there’s a chance that you will be — why not take it?

I would like to break out of this.

I want to smile more and to laugh a little louder. I just want to make myself proud of who I will be versus who I used to be. And you can’t turn back the hands of time, you cannot change your mistakes – they are permanent, but you are not.

There is a fire inside of your chest, and if you keep suffocating it with an indescribable pain, then you’ll only suffer in an incomprehensible way. I just want to fill this world with more love and less pain. I see a butterfly, and I’m easily distracted – how beauty will fly past you if you’re not even paying attention because you’re so damn sad all of the time.

So I drop all signs of negativity and lean toward the positive. I am the only vibe that will alter my moods, so I must feel more wealthy than a million silver spoons, even if I don’t have any.

I must create the art that likes to spill from my fingertips. We live such short lives.

Why not be the best version of yourself?

Who would you be if tomorrow was your last day on this planet? Would you cry because it’s over? Or would you search the ends of the earth until you’ve found the fountain of youth?

I’ve got a secret to share with you. You can be 100-years-old and still have the sweetest smile. You can be in your 20s and have a soul heavy enough to sink the Titanic.

Life is strange.

We live our youth to buy pretty things, but live our oak days trying to make up more time.

It waits for no one.

The wrong turn will break you. A simple kiss will turn your thoughts into poetry. And a life of self-hate is a road that needs constant validation.

Why not be your own way out?

Be your own lover, be your own brand of music, be your own kind of poem and be your own story of kindness. And if you’re not perfect, just look around.

Nobody is.

I’m tired of dreaming. I want to build my dreams instead.

You can’t be who you want to be if you’re still having the same thoughts from last year.

You can’t change or heal in the right way if you’re not willing to break a few pieces of your heart.

The clutter inside of our minds often matches the attitude that we give off.

So like a quote, so like a poem, so like a bedtime story, if I repeat it enough times, I’ll be happy.

I just want to be happy.

I just want to let go of the bad feelings.

I just want to love myself enough to see a brighter day.

You can’t change the world if you can’t even change yourself, right?

Sadness is a crucial emotion because without it, being delighted and euphoric wouldn’t be so dense. But that’s the beauty of the intensity with which we should love ourselves.

I want to be so glad to wake up today that it’ll just drown my depression into the white noise. I want to glow in the dark and live like the jellyfishes.

I want to give my poetry the immortality to always bring a smile to the faces of those that love me, even if I’m a bit flawed.

Because at the end of the day, you’re the only one sleeping in your bed.

You’re the only one who is going to determine if you’ve got enough room to breathe.

You’re the only one to have the last say if you’re art or not.