Sunlight (Poem by Gabby L)

When darkness overtakes And the impact breaks This shallow heart of mine And the world is entwined To voice its opinion of me Blinding the girl I used to be This heart I used to think was healed Secrets fall from lips unsealed And newness thrusts itself Into a problematic health Change thinks it’s the right time And I want to believe it’s right Everything changes for the better But then once dark and stormy weather Opens the clouds into blue skies Freeness erases the sins and lies It’s time to turn away from the past The sunny skies are sure to last And even if they don’t I’ll always have that hope That the sun will shine yet again And I feel happiness deep within They may not like who I am now But that doesn’t bother me somehow Because if they don’t want me to be happy They aren’t the people I want to see So I’ll stand in the sunlight And bask in its radiant shine And smile to myself as I realize That I have a second chance at life

Comments

  1. This is so beautiful, Gabby. These few lines really stood out to me:

    “They may not like who I am now
    But that doesn’t bother me somehow
    Because if they don’t want me to be happy
    They aren’t the people I want to see...”

    Agree 1,000 percent with that. People change, and change can be a good thing. If someone doesn’t support that, just slam the door in their face. Um, well, figuratively. Lol.

    Anyway, I really loved reading this. Overall, an amazing piece. :)

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    1. Awh thank you so much, Lucy!! I'm so happy you liked those lines, they were some of my favorite as well ;)

      Thank you again, your comments mean a lot to read! <3

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  2. Gabby, this is beautiful. :) I read it, and a smile spread upon my face.

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    1. Yayyyyy I'm glad! I'm working on some more to send to you as well that will hopefully have the same effect! ^.^ I'm happy you liked it!

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  3. Cool poem. you have real talent.

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  4. THIS. IS. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the weather metaphors and the message.
    This is a beautiful bunch of lines.
    The sunny skies are sure to last
    And even if they don’t
    I’ll always have that hope
    That the sun will shine yet again
    And I feel happiness deep within

    These lines are SO relatable:
    They may not like who I am now
    But that doesn’t bother me somehow
    Because if they don’t want me to be happy
    They aren’t the people I want to see

    I love how your optimism bleed into this poem and how it ended triumphant and proud. I think the lesson of this poem (be yourself [or at least, that was the lesson i perceived]) is very important for young people to here.

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    1. THANK YOU!!! That means so much to hear, I'm so happy you enjoyed reading it and I'm thankful for your response!

      And yes! That was mainly the lesson, it's one of those pieces I kind of wrote from personal experience of realizing that others opinions don't really matter and it makes things so much better to just be yourself and to stop trying to hard to be what society wants to see! So yes, to sum it up "be yourself" is a lot of the main theme of the poem XD

      Thank you again, your comment means a lot! :)

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  5. You're welcome. :)
    Okay, good. I often totally misinterpate the message in these things. XD
    You're welcome, again. XD

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  6. Gabby this is really, really, good.

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  7. Really good!
    *Rereads poem*
    Excellent!
    *Rereads*
    Amazing!
    *Rereads*
    Outstanding!
    *You guess what goes here*
    FANTASTIC! *Claps a LOT*

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    1. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you like Gabby's poem lol

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    2. Don't be silly, ofc they might not.

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