Everything is going to be okay

If these words inspire
no loves
no reads
no "wins"
no nothing                then that's okay.

If she and he and they said
this or that about
that and this and
her and him and them             I don't really care anymore.

Good and bad and
right and wrong                don't even exist anymore.

When I return
from the blissful
serenity of being
my authentic self
with my favorite
people in my favorite
place I'll be so sad
and of course I'll
have a lot to say
or better yet I'll have
a lot to write but
I'll focus on the present
not the future and in
the present I'm
going home and
that means for now                  everything is going to be okay.

If the bubbling water
straight from the
highest mountain is
so freezing and
makes us scream
and splash                 I don't mind.

If a spark from
the fire we danced
around fell astray or
you stabbed me with a
foam sword
and we laughed                 then that's better than okay.

There will always be
Qualms
Obstacles
Setbacks               but that's all behind me now.

They're also in front
of me but now
I'm just going
to live and just be
because for once I know
that everything is
going to be okay
with my true family
in the place I love
in the place where I                 belong.

elise.writer

VT

15 years old

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