be the light
for the longest time,
i was convinced of this phrase
‘as long as i have one person who believe in me, i’ll do this and that’
‘just one person and i’ll have the courage to do this or that’
all this time
i wanted someone to believe in me
i was seeking validation from others
so that i could someday believe in me
i was hoping someone would say
how good i am at something
how eloquent i am
i was dying for compliments
even those served with a side dish of sarcasm
i was too young then
to realise what i was doing to myself
i was beating myself to a pulp
so small, to fit in a box
to fit a standard that please everyone
(but myself)
life is like one-way train ride
there are stations we’d make a stop
stations we would miss
seeing faces new with the old,
as they come and go
as we rush to the sight of doors
open or closing in on us
sometimes we’d get lucky
to have the chance to meet a certain someone
who would say
i see you
i see the light in you
one so bright, so dazzling
that i can’t keep my eyes off it
these are the kind of people you wished you could keep them by your side
forever
but you can’t
because they too have their own path to walk on
their own stations to drop off
time pass us by so fast
a journey that seemed long but it really isn’t
the only person
who wouldn’t leave this train
is only you
because this is your train ride
back to the quote
‘as long as i have one person who believe in me, i’ll do this and that’
that one person you’re waiting for
why can’t it be ourselves, as in own self?
why do we place that much power in someone else’s hands
when we’re the captains of our own ship?
while it may take a long time to
reach this conclusion
it’s never too late to realise
that you too can be your own light
i want you to be your light
you should be your light
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