Ribs_Writes

I wasn’t done with you,  No, I wasn’t done with you, I wasn’t done with us, We had so much more left to do. We had to live a lifetime together, We had to go out on dates,  We had places to explore,  We had each other to discover,  We had to sit under the stars and look into each other’s eyes all night. No, I wasn’t done with you, We had vacations to take,  We had memories to make,  We had to take bachata lessons,  We had to adopt a dog,  We had to ditch the plans we made with our friends just to come home to each other.  No, I wasn’t done with you, We had to be spontaneous,  We had to watch every new movie together,  We had to bake cookies in the middle of the night, We had to conquer the world together,  We had to tell the world what we meant to each other. No, I wasn’t done with you, We had to pull pranks on each other,  We had to go on all those late-night drives,  We had to decorate our house together,  We had to drive all the way across the city just for a cup of my favorite hot c

Do you know why we are all the sad kids?  We are hopeful but we put our hope in the wrong things, Meaningless relationships, Dying friendships, Putting the pressure where there’s pain, Loathing for materialism, Sticking to the plan, A perfect grade, a perfect life, Running after unrealistic beauty standards, And, looking for validation from the people who don’t even deserve to be anywhere near us. We are purposeful but we have made it our purpose to run after perfectionism which makes us lose on the little things that are thoroughly capable of making us happy. We overlook the beauty of a glorious sunrise, a rousing cup of coffee, the joy of getting our favorite recipe right, the exhilaration of ceaseless learning, the elation of being around our favorite people, the pleasure of pampering ourselves, the merriment of a movie marathon night, and the chances life gives us to grow through our mistakes. Yes, life gives us numerous chances to grow through our mistakes. Where are we even suppo