It's About Time To Make Your Own Lemonade

I know that you've, 

Been punched in the gut; 

I know that you've,

Been kicked in the butt; 

I know that you're, 

Too tired to fight back; 

I know that you're, 

About to crack; 

But darling, I know, 

You're much stronger,

I also know, 

You can stay in the game much longer;

You got to keep believing, 

In your talent, your hardwork, your brain, 

You got to stop let the conniving, 

Suck your soul, make you drain; 

I know that you've fallen, 

Nine times, 

But I know that you MUST, 

Get up for the tenth time; 

Life's given you enough, 

Sour, fat, yellow lemons, 

I think it's about time, 

That you use them, 

To whip up, 

The world's tastiest lemonade; 

I know, people have criticized you, 

Called you worthless, 

Called you useless, 

Called you a freak; 

I know that, you've failed, 

Times so many,

That failure seems like, 

A nasty old frenemy; 

But my dear, I know that, 

You're bursting with talent, 

I also know that, 

You don't want to waste it; 

You got to keep believing, 

In your talent, your hardwork, your brain; 

You got to stop let the conniving, 

Suck your soul, make you drain; 

There are disbelievers, 

Some might be your peers,

Who insult you with their jeers; 

Some might be your blood relations, 

Who try to bring you down with their negations; 

But one of them prominent disbelievers is you -

You have to stop seeing the world, 

In black and white, 

You have to pick out the vibrancy, 

You have to pick out the happiness, 

And keep moving forward, despite, 

The circumstances, the negativity; 

No matter how low you feel, 

No matter how sad you are,

The sun's always going to rise, 

It's always going to shine, 

I think it's about time, 

That you rise and shine too! 

Life's given you enough, 

Sour, fat, yellow lemons, 

I think it's about time, 

That you use them, 

To whip up, 

The world's tastiest lemonade; 

A late, not-so-great update, I know! 

But the thing is, life hasn't been too peachy as of now. I didn't get into one of the universities that I'd applied to. I didn't get the grades that I'd desired and life's been a downward spiral since then. 

Since the past two weeks, I've been in a daze. Mundane things like waking up consumed too much of effort. I was wandering around, like I'm a zombie. Half the time, I didn't even talk to my friends and my family. 

I felt like I was drowning. I felt like, I was living this sham-like life, where I'm a zombie who's forced to smile and who's forced to 

No, I'm not depressed. But I won't deny the fact that I was in shock. 

I think I've recovered a bit since the past two-three days. I've decided that I shouldn't let unfortunate things affect me. These things happen and all you have to do is keep moving forward. As a little fishy from Finding Nemo once said, "Just keep swimming!" ;) 

So yes, in a way, this is a (kind of) personal poem I've written for a thousands of other people who've actually lost their motivation and zeal towards life.

I know it's not one of the best pieces I've ever written, but it is one of the most personal ones and I really, really wanted to make someone smile and be motivated to move on in life. 

Haha, I guess, in a twisted way, I wanted to motivate myself to move on in life? 

I don't know. But writing this made me feel better about myself. I hope reading this would make you feel better about yourself too! 

Thank you so much for reading this. I love you. <3

Stay awesome as ever, 

Much love, 

Archie <3