Pain's a gift to us

But nobody wants it.

Honestly,

     Even I don't

          Why does it have

To be

Like this?

So much to stand

Nobody likes it.

But now to me,

          It's adventure

               And lots of fun

Because I'm with you.

That's why I want to learn

Ways to live 

      Forever and ever

Ways to live 

      Forever and Ever

So I can stay with you.

                Don't let yourself down

                No matter how hopeless

                Don't cross the bounds

                No matter how reckless

And I won't

'Cause I need to learn

Ways to live

        Forever and ever

Ways to live

        Forever and Ever

And ever

     And ever

         And ever

             And ever

With you.

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I wrote this poem, song rather, when I read the book Ways to live forever by Sally Nicholls back when I was 12 or 13. It's not exactly based off the story, but somewhere along the lines. 

I remember loving the hell out of that book, even when my friends didn't find it exceptional. It's a book about an eleven-year old Sam, who suffers from leukemia. He wants to try stuff he's never done before dying, and because he's dying, he wants to know about death too. 

It's a very simple book, and it's amazing how the simplicity makes you feel so much. It's real, up until the death. What I loved the most about the book is that it was a book about death that didn't make me cry. Obviously, I got teary-eyed a little, but that lasted for like five seconds. The book made me feel all happy and butterfly-ish, and so damn hopeful. 

It's a masterpiece and I wanted to write about this book since a long time, because not many know of it. I hope y'all read it once at least and learn a bit from Sam.

Signing off, 

Gravity

:)

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