Used to live my life….
In a black & white fantasy….
Where the world was everything…
I needed and wanted it to be…
But that’s not what living is…
When you’re a slave to your own harmful tendencies…
I made excuses for why I could never…
Break free….
But there was a part within…
Where I wasn’t able to believe….
I could be happy without such misery….
Such a beautiful…
And worn tragedy….
Tied forever to…
The darkest parts of me….
Comfortable prisons….
Even safer jails…
But in comparison to real love….
My old life could never compare….
A loving life requires you to let go….
Forgive….
And so importantly….
Just live…
Lauren Kim Art 