Feb 23, 2020
EVERYTHING
Romanticize everything Romanticize waking up so early that it’s barely dawn and the sky is that Shade of blue that you can never find words for And it’s so quiet and you feel like you have the world to Yourself for a while Romanticize sleeping so late that you don’t know when Today ended and tomorrow began When you feel like... you can finally be at peace, when you Don’t have anything else to do, and so you fix your room Even though it’s already in order, or rearrange your jewelry Because who dare tell you what to do? Romanticize everything. Romanticize cooking for others, filling up with so much Indescribable joy when you see people’s eyes brightening Up when they eat something you made with your own hands When leftovers disappear into nothing and all that is left is Licked clean plates and happy stomachs Romanticize cooking for yourself, playing your favorite music As you dance around in your kitchen, your happy place Whether it be the gentle applaud of the tea brewing Or the sizzle of the garlic in hot oil, Or burning your toast just a little and compensating with A little extra peanut butter that day. Romanticize everything. Romanticize living with so many people in a tiny apartment That everyday is brushing shoulders and leaning over others To reach out to something, when there isn’t a quiet day And dinner means chairs joined together and endless laughter and love Romanticize living alone, in the apartment that may look Dark from the outside, but inside, you’ve created your own Little heaven, with plants that you have given names to With rugs and cushions from thrift stores that don’t really match The décor but make you happy. Romanticize everything. Romanticize one night stands, stolen stares across noisy bars Messy kisses in the taxi back to your place Clothes strewn everywhere and your sheets smelling like that Stranger and your little secret Romanticize true love, the person that you’ve known forever Yet still get excited about waking up to everyday Fights in the living room and dancing in the kitchen. Romanticize everything. Romanticize you.