Life is a Dream.

Once upon a time, I was fed up with all of my families bull crap. So, I went and told facebook that I wanted to kill myself and all of them to rid the world of us. This resulted in my father ((Actually more likely my step mother (But that's another story)) sending me on a one week, all expenses paid, luxury trip to a mental hospital. If anyone is wondering, the place is called Del Amo. Well, the second place was. They stuck me in UCLAs temporary holding facility for four days. Anyway, I wrote a poem there called 'Life is a Dream'. It was my first attempt at writing anything with any substantial length. So yeah, here it is.

Say hi,

Not goodbye,
Don’t cry,

Don’t wish to die,

Wipe your eyes,
Learn to fly
Life’s a high
Your well’s not dry
So just try
To live and be free,
Chase after all opportunities,
If there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s that happiness is free,
While anger and depression cost you, make you want to bleed,
Don’t take it in, let it out!
Don’t let it build up to the point you want to shout!
Crack the valve, release the steam,
Open your eyes, look around and see
That life is a dream.
(And a good one)

Took a break here, wrote part two later sitting in Art class.

Life is a dream, you can tell it where to go..
Take control, don’t just go with the flow!
Direct your life to make it great,
Don’t let the world influence your fate!
Things are what you make of them, you can’t just take them as they are,
And don’t keep a negative look or you won’t get very far,
Keep yourself positive and you can get through any situation,
You can do anything, pass up all self expectations.
Being optimistic can get you success,
It can get you through life’s most difficult tests,
So you can be happy, and get to the top
Or stay sad at the bottom, and ultimately flop.
I’ve been the pessimist, I’ve told all their lies,
Telling the world I’m okay when in truth I wanted to die,
I’ve been the quiet kid, that sits alone and broods,
And hates the world, only sees bad in the news,
I did bad in school, only got Cs or Ds,
I couldn’t concentrate, my mind was clouded with the bad things that I’d see,
Then I was dumped into Harbor, my mind and body left to rot,
And I discovered in my isolation life’s not as bad as I’d thought.
That place gave me time to think, time I’ve never had,
Since there’s always distractions at my mom or dads,
Now I’ve changed,
I’ve adopted Carpe Diem, seize the day,
I can’t and won’t let other peoples problems get in my way,
I’m my own person now, I can’t be weighed down by another’s strife,
I can’t be dragged back into darkness, I will NOT be brought back down in life,
Things are looking up, life is good, the world is open to me,
I’ve started going down the path, let’s see where it leads,
Good or bad, it’s a learning experience, I’ll accept it either way,
Whatever happens, I’m going to live up every day.