𝑸𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒚'𝒔 𝑶𝒅𝒚𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒚

I’ve never really understood what it truly means when someone says, “You are a friend.” Honestly, I’ve always felt a little unfortunate with the number of “friends” I have. Not because I’m closed off or unsociable, but because I’ve never been certain what friendship is really about. To me, it feels wrong to call just anyone a friend simply because we sat in the same class, know each other’s names, or support the same football team. Friendship should mean more than mere acquaintance. But if that isn’t enough, then what is? Is it about how you perceive friendship, or about what you actually build together? And yet, I’ve also come to realize that friendship isn’t always about daily conversations. There are people I don’t talk to every day, but when we get in touch, it feels like no time has passed at all—we pick up right where we left off. There are people I know will give me a hand in my darkest moments, and people I’d go to the ends of the earth to help if they ever needed me. Isn’t tha...

I caught a glimpse of tomorrow, A sight of world I have never known. I saw myself, dancing to the music I faced,  Feeling at ease, taking my steps with a confident tale. I saw tomorrow, a place golden and bright, With my laughter knowing no bounds. And my tears streaming with joy. I was in tomorrow, A place filled with happiness and glee, Where my worries were strangers to me, And my insecurities were in a jail of their own. In tomorrow, I didn't care for what cares not, And laughed at what weighs me down here. My journey to tomorrow, Was a battle within my heart and soul, A rebuttal from my mind against the shackles its told, And my heart's wish of blazing alive and afloat. A fight with a devil I know, But resides within me, deeper and below. The trip to tomorrow, Was not on buses along tolling roads, But of a victory won in my soul. It was a conquest on my own. To live free, boundless and joyous, by my own will. I caught a glimpse of tomorrow, you should know.