When the Sky Falls We Shall Catch Larks

My longings and
My worries
Both to some degree overblown

My life is
Neutrality is
Speaking with my family at dinner is thinking about saying something and choosing not to is nervousness before a date is the four minute transition period between classes is learning something new and noticing it everywhere is water droplets sliding out of my broken showerhead and one-by-one hitting the drain is just before my brain decides to fall asleep is crying is dreading talking to my grandparents is opening my bedroom window because my room starts to smell like teenage boy is the day after I moved on from a break up is the interim between school projects is sleep-ins is meeting a new friend is the image I see when I look into my eyelids is discussing the merits of metaphors is before I was born is after I die is

The spark between two voids that maybe
Won’t just fizzle out and that maybe
Won’t cause an explosion and that maybe
Will only
Be

QUESTION: DO MOST OF US HARBOR UNREASONABLE NOTIONS OF WHAT HAPPINESS IS?
QUESTION: ARE YOU, THE READER, HAPPY?

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