My Lifelines

A free verse poetry about happy endings.

 

“The world is bad.”

They say,

I say it’s not entirely accurate.

 

Reading is what I’m passionate about

Happy endings are what I crave for

What I dream of

 

They say a book’s ending needs to be heart-wrenching

For it to ‘touch’

I say absolutely not

Happy endings do make impacts

They make a lot more significance

They make you think of beautiful, incredible things

Other than “reality”

 

They, those whose minds are set

On reality being ruthless and dreadful,

They say happy endings blind you to the truth

I say absolutely not

Their “reality” blinds them

 

Reality is not always about hardships

And challenges

Reality also is about love, happiness, harmony, goodness,  

 generosity, loyalty

I could go on and on,

Until hell freezes over

Do you get what I’m saying?

 

I’m a sucker for happy endings

I have a strong aversion to sad endings

You know why?

I already know life is not always going to be a joyous journey

You’ll fall

You’ll bleed

You’ll hurt

You’ll break

 

That’s why I need happy endings

To know that beneath all these misfortunes

Beneath all these trials

There’s love

There’s hope

To feel that every time I read the last page

Every time I see the word ‘acknowledgments’

I would feel love running straight to my heart

I would feel happiness coursing to my veins

Not sadness going straight for the kill

 

Happy endings are my salvation

They are my lifelines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

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