adventures of a typical high school student

People will tell you endings
are beautiful, and they might be right,
but if we've learned anything,
don't we know that life doesn't have 
to be beautiful (or be anything) for us
to enjoy it?

I will be happy 
with the cloudiest sunset,
the biggest cliffhanger at the end of the movie,
the hastiest goodbye hug,
if they bring us
closure.

Weep when it comes,
but appreciate it when it happens;
when endings are over, 
what do we have left?

We can stitch together beginnings
and ends, different threads 
that blend into each other until
they are all indistinguishable.

An ending will still be just that,
and I will await it patiently,
as it is hard to live in the moment
until you know 
it is the end.

I hope you enjoyed this piece! I think it sums up my experiences with time and self-reflection pretty well. Although I’ve improved at living in the moment, I still tend to have this attachment to endings since I won’t realize how much I appreciate something until it’s on its way out of my life. Let me know if you guys can relate–I’m assuming it’s actually a pretty common feeling. Please feel free to leave feedback or writing challenges in the comments.

Also, a note from pre-Election Day me (writing this a week in advance, as always): hoping for a fair election and a peaceful transfer of power. Stay safe and healthy out there.

Brooke