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#MondayMotivation: Cake and Cardboard

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It's time for some #MondayMotivation! Here's a poem I wrote about looking for the good things in life. Have a happy Monday!


Cake and Cardboard

I can measure all I've lost

in storage units

and countless cardboard boxes

and garbage bags

but I can measure all I've gained

in a full heart

and a fuller life

in a home-icinged cake

with the words

'will you marry me?'

in black

and a house with

real doors

and working light switches

that we can call home.

I can measure all I've lost

in scars cut

into my body and

deeper into my soul

but I can measure all I've gained

in fewer black dots

on my mood tracker

and more pink ones.

I can measure all I've lost

in the blank spots in my memory

that I don't think

will ever be filled in

but I can measure all I've gained

in the brightness of my loves

calling me home after

a long day.

I think I'd rather do that.






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