Rose and Blood

There will be a point in life
Where you’re simply, utterly
Frustrated with yourself
You don’t know what you’re doing
You don’t know what to feel
All you ever want
Is to live right
To feel right
But that’s just not what life is about.
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There will be a point in life
Where you crazily wish
You could have all the money in the world
Money will buy you artificial happiness
You get to travel round the globe
You get to live in hotels instead of boring flats or apartments
You have no need
To worry about anything else
You have a paradise in your hands
But that’s just not what life is about.
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There will be a point in life
Where you hate the life you’re living so much
You want to just end it yourself
Everyone else is happy
You’re sullen
You fake smiles every, single, day
How do you know
The others aren’t doing just the same?
Sometimes you feel like it’s better
If only you’re not in this cruel world
But that’s just not what life is about.
**
It’s crazy and tiring and ridiculous and merciless
Life
**
You smile
You cry
You laugh
You scream
This is what life is about.
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But you can’t be on your knees forever
You have to stand up if you still want to make it
To the next destination
Could be mountains and sandy beaches
Could be deadly abyss and quicksand
**
You get punches in life
And you roll with them
Almost everybody does that
Everybody does what’s easy
But not everybody has the beauty
To punch back with a smile
And this is what life is about.