You’re Beautiful
I don’t care who you are
You’re beautiful
You can deny it
Lie about it
Try and hide it
But I can still see it
The world doesn’t care
When we shed tears
The world doesn’t end
Because of something someone said
Because words are words
And writing is feeling
And feeling is beautiful
Just like you.
Now if only you could see it too.
©2013 Alex Hicks
Unanswered Questions
Why can’t I…?
What is there…?
Where did I…?
Do they not care?
How many…?
What can I…?
What will they…?
Is it a lie?
Can I really…?
Where do they…?
What’s wrong with…?
How can I say?
When should I…?
Am I really…?
How do I…?
Do they hear me?
Question will remain unanswered
As long as they’re un-ending
But that also means I won’t waste time
On what does not need defending.
©2013 Alex Hicks
Open Your Eyes
The time has come
Humanity is on the rise
So remove your blindfold
And open your eyes.
We spent so long in the dark
But now we’ve come to see
That the universe is out there
In all of its infinity.
Every day people wake up
To pull the blindfold off their face
To look around and see the world
The potential of the human race.
And yeah we grieve
And we all get sad
And the world doesn’t care
But don’t get mad.
Because there are people here
That care more than you know
For your personal well being
Than they sometimes care to show.
Because the day has finally come
Humanity is on the rise
So remove the blindfold
And open your eyes.
©2013 Alex Hicks
George Watsky and Kate Nash – Hey, Asshole
I feel like there are a few people out there that should listen to the message in this song. I know I needed it.
Fall In Line
I was young once
I acted all cool
I too played the fool
I scraped by in school
I was stupid and young
Shaped by what I see
Not thinking what could be
My influences shaped me
But I grew up
I got smarter with time
I made the world mine
I thought all would be fine
I thought I would change the world
But everyone lied
So I silently cried
As my childhood died
The world fears change
Like a bee near your head
Or a snake in your bed
Or ending up dead.
So now I’m not sure what to do
Put the system to test?
Would that be best?
Or fall in line like the rest?
©2013 Alex Hicks
The Bridge and the Sky
The bridge I cross is long and wide
With cables holding it on high
The towers peak so far above
Like the bridge and sky had fell in love
And yet I know that could they speak
The bridge would cry ever so weak
“Sky you are to far to reach
Please come down so we could speak.”
The sky would answer with regret
“I cannot for if we had met
The people under me would die
Without me floating here on high.”
The bridge would shudder and weep
But his love for her would forever keep
For as long as the bridge does stand
He is firmly held in place by land
But his love for her will remain strong
Until one day will come along
Where the bridge no longer stands
And the sky will weep into her hands
For she did not fall when she was asked
Because of the duty she was tasked
But the bridge had tried to reach so high
For the love he had for the beautiful sky.
©2013 Alex Hicks
Songbird
Listen to the chirping
Of the robin having fun
Rising early in the day
To greet the morning sun
It sings of ages lost in time
Of voices left unheard
The songs ignored by all of us
By the beutiful songbird
Listen to the whistling
of the sparrow in the morn
It is through this that we can live
And how our mind can form
It sings of heroes time forgot
That ignorance has burned
The songs ignored by all of us
By the beautiful songbird
Listen to the squaking
Of the most obnoxious crow
realize they look down on us
For the hatred we bestow
It sings of blood shed time again
Like painfull ragweed burrs
The songs ignored by all of us
By the beautiful songbird
Listen to the canary chorus
To the beauty of its sound
Of deeds deed of caring people
Of the beauty it has found.
It sings of friendships meant to last
Beyond the single word
So often ignored by all of us
By the beautiful songbird.
So don’t ignore the songbird
It gives what we require
The beauty to shape our lives
Into that which we desire.
©2013 Alex Hicks
An Update!
So, I took a week off from everything last week (except work). In order to organize and play with my thoughts. Sorry I didn’t tell you :/
But the good news is, I’m back. With renewed inspiration and motivation, with insight, patience and dedication. Or at least I hope so lol.
My psychologist has me keeping a worry journal, to help me track the sources of my worry and deal with my anxiety. It isn’t something that I’m likely to post here, but it is helping me deal with my worry a lot.
I would also like to point out how important having friends is to me right now and should have been my entire life. My whole life I thought people only wanted to be my friends because I was useful to them or because I had something they wanted. I realize now, that I was wrong. My friends are my friends because of the personality traits that I possess that we share, or that they find attractive in me; the same reason that I desire to be friends with them. Friends who are only friends with you because they want something from you are not very good friends at all. I should have realized this a long time ago and it is probably the reason why I have lost so many friends throughout my life.
So, while I am incredibly grateful to all 245 of my followers for being there for me and reading my work and making this blog what it is today; there are two people who I feel deserve special mention. These three people who have hard times of their own, yet still find a way to cheer me up through writing duets, and even just writing daily reflections for me to read that make me think, are easily the closest friends I have ever made through the means of the internet. They are Hastywords, Jen at Think.Speak.Tryst. and Shruti at A Shade of Pen.Thank you to everyone, but a very special thanks goes to these people for being incredible people in my life.
Thank you
-Alex H.
Rainfall
There’s an almost supernatural peace
That comes after a long rain don’t you think?
Like every person in the world
Has just gotten back from the brink of death.
And when the rain stops
And the sun glimmers off the puddles
We all congratulate each other
For another battle greatly won.
And for a brief moment in time
The universe is silent
Then everyone is back to the day to day grind.
But in that moment of peace
You can almost hear every thought
Saying: “We did it.”
©2013 Alex Hicks
Water of Life
Rain
Will fall
Not wanted.
You may feel sad
But know life itself
Depends on the downpour
For the trees to grow taller
For all of the flowers to bloom
Don’t feel sad when skies open up
The water that falls; the water of life.
©2013 Alex Hicks
