A try at poetry

I am feeling rather self-conscious about putting this online, but I guess sometimes you have to get over your fear and try something new. As I´ve been reading a lot of poetry lately and just generally got back into books, I wrote a little poem about how I think we often treat life as if we´re always just trying to get things done instead of actually living it. I rediscovered this today and felt like it was the perfect time to be brave and put it on here. :)

Cleaning the Soul

I feel like

The more you are exposed

To

Everyday heart-

Break,

social norms,

pressure to pursue your life

and doing things that will

eventually bring you to a happy place,

the more you forget to actually

live your life.

Therefore you sometimes have

got to remind yourself

of the real things;

money isn´t real

society isn´t real

and getting good grades isn´t real;

what is real is your breath

when you

slowly

breathe in fresh rainy air;

real are the first

rays of sun

in the morning;

real is the genuine smile

of a stranger you offered help to.

So in order to clean your soul

I recommend

going places.

Travel.

Take walks.

Look at things.

Visit a church,

you don´t have to be religious or pray

just do something that is not

consuming in any way

and most importantly:

do

it

alone

because if you don´t have anyone to talk to,

a screen to look at

or music to distract you,

you actualy start to

notice things

around you and inside you.

And I think this is what your soul needs sometimes

Like after a stressful day or a bad fight.

I know mine does.