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How do you measure happiness?
With a ruler or a scale to weigh it? Is there a price or level of success? Or your amount of online influence? Is it what you have? Or what you do? Or is it how your public image looks? Are you keeping up? Do you need more? Do your parents even like you anymore? Why aren't you happy like everyone else? Because if that's what happiness looks like And if that's what they're trying to sell, then I don't want a happiness that's superficial Happiness doesn't need to be liked to be valid You could finally discover your life's purpose And still get less likes than someone else's Picture of their dinner and a stupid caption Social media cannot capture how good you are So don't let the likes (or lack thereof) distort how You perceive yourself or your self worth because The truth is that happiness has also been distorted @sabaitide
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I thought I knew
All the stars in The night sky Like the stickers On my ceiling that Glowed in the dark Or like the map In the sky when I Was terribly lost Like abstract ideas That I have to Connect the dots I thought I knew All of the stars but Now there's a new Light in my skies Looking out for me And I wonder why @sabaitide The sky hasn’t fallen yet
And I wonder when that’ll be When pigs fly? Or Jesus arrives? Do we wait for Doomsday? Or a sign of the end times? Will aliens arrive? Or better yet, When will they just tell us already! Will the world end tomorrow? When we pollute all the water? Or when we're out of resources Like all of the oil that'll be scarce? What about all the toilet paper I need to stock up on before No one's allowed to go to The grocery store no more ‘Cause that’s the new normal We're headed towards, it's what They’ve been conditioning us for While Star Trek predicted this in Glimpses of our 21st century doom Way before I was even born I mean, infectious diseases? Quarantines and vaccines? Human extinction by radiation On season one of First Generation My goodness, does more go wrong? On this star-crossed planet we're on? ‘Cause there’s something going down On planet earth right now that’s beyond What we know about space and time Like Star Trek predicted the end, alright Not all of us will board the Enterprise But for now, I can make it my mission To at least try to finish all seven seasons Of Star Trek while I'm still breathing But what if I don’t make it to the end? If you understand what I mean by it But I shouldn’t even think like that Because the sky hasn’t fallen yet and The glass ceiling is still over my head @sabaitide When time will tell or come to pass
When life goes on what will last? When trials test my faith I’ll ask Does God have something better planned? When hard times come it’s He who’ll bless He makes creation from my mess He loves me when I’m not my best ‘Cause God’s planned something more than this @sabaitide It's that time of year again
To decorate our homes To cook our family meals To get our shopping done And to give and receive gifts But when you unwrap your box Will you hope for toys or treats? Or the trendiest material things That you saw advertised on IG On your personalized newsfeed? We're more connected than ever Why not use it for a good cause? Because right now, somewhere Around the world there is a family In need of some disaster relief Due to conflicts, climate change, and Circumstances beyond our control And one day I hope that family will Receive a gift like yours, and in it, Will be shelter @sabaitide There's nothing quite like
A California winter The kind of season that Is as hot and cold as me It can bring rain and fire Or sunshine for miles But regardless of all The possible surprises God never fails To paint the sky everyday What beauty to behold And photos to capture With skies of a spectrum And oceans of reflection That is why winter sunsets In California are my favorite color @sabaitide This is a friendly reminder that I can’t read your mind
And that’s better said alive than from the other side I don’t know how many folks I’ve made laugh or cry And I don’t know who you are or how you feel inside It would’ve been a shame if I didn’t have courage to write If I remained too shy to express myself or open my mind But to be candid, I’ve had a strange feeling for quite a while ‘Cause it’s been ominously quiet on my social media profile I shouldn’t measure my worth by the amount of likes Or views or comments or followers or the online hype My notes are underwhelming and it's got me wondering What’s the point of it ‘cause the illusion’s lost meaning Am I actually censored or am I shadow banned? A first world problem, but what’s up with that? Maybe no one cares and I’m overthinking it ‘cause I’m Not like the popular girls who have too much influence If I never said anything and something bad happened to me They all would’ve had too much fun rewriting my own story So sad this girl didn’t know she was loved before she died Too bad no one actually talked to her to ever explain why I jumped right to the end where they all talk about my life But still don’t care ‘cause it’d be written off as a suicide I don’t even want to think like that but whatever happens Life is short and they’ll make it about my vaccine status But not being popular isn’t a reason to hurt yourself Although I admit, it could wreck your mental health I don’t write for attention or social media incentives Even if you are real they won’t get what the point is The status quo doesn’t have to be the status quo I can free myself when I choose to be myself So I won’t let them influence how I ought to be Because I am enough and I just want to be me @sabaitide I have accepted that I probably won’t make it to the end
A little melodramatic, but at least the sky hasn’t fallen yet Then sometimes I wonder if we could be more than friends But that is not a recurring thought I even want to have While playing out every worst case scenario in my head But deep down, I want a love that will last Who will protect me and who has my back Who will treat me right and hold my hand And will reassure me that it’s not the end Of the freaking world.. Or at least not yet But I’m just a girl and this is all in my head Mentally preparing for the end rather than The possibility of actually falling in love again @sabaitide It don’t matter
What I think Or say or do What I like Or share or don’t I could post it But I won’t It don’t matter What I see Or I believe What I read Or I perceive If I can’t take it I can leave Well it don’t matter I don’t matter It don’t matter Anyway No matter what I do or don’t The world won’t Ever change I’m overwhelmed If you could tell me Exactly what to say To they, to WHO And maybe you That only you Can change and That’s what matters Yeah you matter In a world So big and small And all at once ‘Cause you baby Are like the world Wondering What it was And just because You missed the cut Don’t mean you’re Not enough No matter what You matter and We’ll figure This one out It don’t matter How much money Or how many That you have What matters is That you keep trying To do the best You can Beyond all our Attention spans Just wonder What it matters And what matters Is what’s happening And what will happen Shortly after While the stars Are all out up there Is something more Grand than there is And no matter How it happens You can make The most of it While the world turns Only time will tell The universe that We all feel As it unfolds Just break the mold From what you thought That you’d once known ‘Cause the grand Unfolding of the Universe Will be told in Social media posts And the story told In hashtag mode And other kinds Of digi codes Might not show What matters though Of what’s above And so below Don’t worry much About it though Even if you feel You don’t You matter and You’re not alone @sabaitide I’m lifted, gifted
Never gonna miss this Chance is tactics Playing without practice Questions, answers (“ances”) Is Pluto a planet? That’s just nonsense Or it’s what your mom says Now I’m still with it Checking off my wish list And I’m still lifted Axis slightly tilted Listen, learn it Not what you thought It was and it has Taken off, lifted @sabaitide |
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