Eternally Ephemeral
These eyes, said to shine so bright, will one day be as dark as night
The beginning always precedes the end; sooner or later my life will follow this trend
My blood, my sweat, tears cried by me
Will one day mean nothing, yet I plea: remember me for eternity.
All of those awkward glances, those stuttered words, embarrassing talks about bees and birds
Have to mean something
All I need is to be something
To someone
Somewhere
More than the girl with the striking eyebrows and the poufy hair.
Not just one in the millions, the billions before
Not just another statistic or AP test score...But eternity may be pushing it.
I'd settle for eternally.
Eternally ephemeral
It’s what I am
It’s what I'll be
A fleeting thought, a read book, an understanding, knowing look
A life lived
Lived by
Lived for
Lived with
I want to be remembered
Not by the world
But by the ones that witnessed my life unfurl
The ones that know my philosophies
My quirky jokes
The real me
That love how cliché my unique qualities may be
The ones who know the words I leave unsaid
That understand what’s going on, in my heart, in my head.
Instead
Of trying hard to be remembered
I want to be myself, have no worries, no cares
No need to yearn for the attention of heirs
But that’s just the thing
That's what makes me me
My desperation to mean something
To someone
Somewhere
Because these eyes, said to shine so bright, will one day be as dark as night
And the beginning always precedes the end
Because sooner or later, my life will follow this trend
My blood, my sweat, tears cried by me
Will one day mean nothing to the world, but I see
All I need is the ones who stand by me
Through all of my dichotomy
In our ephemeral eternity.