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Life Is a Mess, a Gorgeous Mess

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By Jewell ColemanPublished 7 years ago 1 min read
Life 

If you let it, life can take you to dark enclosed places and leave you there to build yourself back up,

time and time again.

You’re weaker, but still crawling back up to the surface trying to save yourself again.

With all the scratches, bruises, and scars

reminding you that what you thought destroyed you helped you survive.

Sometimes we have to go insane to find our sanity

Life’s a roller coaster going in a huge circle,

not the perfect circle that you see in geometry or art. But a circle that seems perfect and crisp

but has hidden swirls, squares, and rectangles.

Life’s all about good and bad surprises

never get too comfortable with things going well. As soon as you think life’s great,

something bad will creep in

and try to destroy everything,

if you let it

Always stay alert but calm.

The prettiest lips say the prettiest lies,

the softest roses have the hardest thorns,

the darkest times have the brightest endings

the sweetest smiles go through the most bitter times.

Life is backward, accept it, learn from it don’t be blind to it.

Open your eyes

even your spiritual one.

inspirational

About the Creator

Jewell Coleman

Poetry has always been the fastest way for me to release the emotions, thoughts & feelings that were haunting me. When nothing in life makes sense, poetry does, it gives me an indescribable relief ... Instagram: @itsjewellbabe

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