I Have to Want to WANT to Live

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allow you whole Visions of a salvaged sandbar in the distance</p><p id="3aad">Captured light brilliantly flickers from a prism below I navigate needs for its safe retrieval A recycled life restarts with the hope of helping another</p><p id="c1f8">I turn around, step to the edge With one deep breath, I let go of it all Free fall, fully trusting another light will come</p><p id="6b12">It’s been a week of swimming through discouraging waves in my sea and beyond the borders of lands that touch me. Earth is still our home. Our world is being treated with neglect and punishment. The grounds we stand on and our inhabiting neighbors’ survival in every inch of the globe carry its pain.</p><p id="08b1">The sadness takes hold and overwhelms me. Some days I can only feel the light in myself or a tiny but brief glint out in the world when I reach out to help someone else. Don’t give up on being part of our universe’s physical and emotional recycling.</p><div id="a9de" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/hello-i-am-nicole-86a4c9cfc280"> <div> <div> <h2>Hello! I am Nicole.</h2> <div><h3>Welcome to my profile — July 2022</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div>

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I still desire to dive in and live life fully, but I have to want to WANT to live first.

Climbing the heights of my fears Atop the cliffs for refuge Anticipating more beauty and wonder

Overlooking this world called home Tears flood daily shootings and infinite funerals Bodies shiver with Earth’s needless destruction

Endless questions echo in the clouds Lives randomly stolen or plucked by chance Lightening strikes burn paths of pain and panic

Whose alarm rings before your last breath Set your second hand to deadly damage Waiting for help that may never come

Feeling the temperature rise, warming my cheeks Anger and passion in heavy conflict Reverse and retreat or take a dive

Waters may be cold and uninviting Waves that swallow you whole Visions of a salvaged sandbar in the distance

Captured light brilliantly flickers from a prism below I navigate needs for its safe retrieval A recycled life restarts with the hope of helping another

I turn around, step to the edge With one deep breath, I let go of it all Free fall, fully trusting another light will come

It’s been a week of swimming through discouraging waves in my sea and beyond the borders of lands that touch me. Earth is still our home. Our world is being treated with neglect and punishment. The grounds we stand on and our inhabiting neighbors’ survival in every inch of the globe carry its pain.

The sadness takes hold and overwhelms me. Some days I can only feel the light in myself or a tiny but brief glint out in the world when I reach out to help someone else. Don’t give up on being part of our universe’s physical and emotional recycling.

If you enjoy reading stories like these and want to support me as a writer, consider signing up to become a Medium member. It’s only $5 a month, giving you unlimited access to all stories on Medium without ads. If you sign up using my link, I’ll earn a small commission.

POEM: LIFE

I Have to Want to WANT to Live

I still desire to dive in and live life fully, but I have to want to WANT to live first.

Hello! I am Nicole.

Welcome to my profile — July 2022

Have I Made Your Life Better?

Do you wonder if you’ve made a difference or been a light for those you love?