1. I’m always going to care,

No matter what.

I cannot leave you behind

 If you need me,

 No matter what you’ve ever done to me.
 

2. I let people be my happiness.

I am happiest when I can help others

And when they are happy

And when I am surrounded by good people.
 

3. I am okay with being someone’s

Second, third, fourth, etc. choice. 
 

4. I dance to feel loved.
 

5. I am constantly in a state of

Wanderlust; I can’t stand to stay in one place

 For too long at a time.

 Even if it’s taking a walk

To get away from my house,

 I rarely enjoy days where

 I stay at home the whole time.
 

6. I want my world to be about

The little things,

The morning sunrises

 And the 2am phone calls

And cold coffee

And the colour of summer

 And the feeling of waking up

 And the way light falls

Through the trees in the spring

And heartbeats

 And the feeling of grass between my toes

And herbal tea at four in the afternoon

 And waking up at four

In the morning

Just because I can’t sleep. 
 

7. I love people too easily

And don’t stop easily.

 If you’ve found your way

 Into my heart

Then you are going to stay there

 For a really long time,

No matter how much you hurt me.
 

8. I live by the saying that

 Nobody looks back on their lives

And remembers the nights

They got plenty of sleep.

I don’t like to sleep,

 I like to get things done,

 Making art and helping people

Or running off to somewhere wonderful.
 

9. It has been drilled into me since

 I was little that in order to

Become a well-rounded, good person,

 I have to be exceptional at everything.

I was taught to not attempt

 To become the best at one thing, 

But to excel at all things.

 It’s driven me insane,

But I don’t know how to stop it. 
 

10. I get this feeling sometimes,

Like I am drowning

And I can see everyone breathing,

And I have to get up and go somewhere,

 Get out,

Because I am just a small person

In an average sized house

 In a small town

In a small state

In a large country

 In a small world

In a small solar system

In a small galaxy

In a great big vast universe,

And I see how small and unimportant

I am on a scale of everything,

And it terrifies me.