I Felt Life

I Felt Life

Brittany Bostic

 

 

I felt something,

Do you want to know what it was?

It was extraordinary.

There were so many things all at once.

 

It was taking a bee landing on a bright pink flower in the middle of spring.

It was a long vacation that was supposed to last a week,

But it turned out to feel far too short.

It was a long car ride to the middle of nowhere.

Where you jam out to songs in the back seat,

Screaming hallelujah at the top of your lungs,

Because you can.

 

It was holding a new born baby in your arms,

Just seconds after it entered the world.

It was looking another person in the eyes,

And not listening to your mind at all,

Because you mind had nothing to do with it,

It was feeling that passion that can only be felt in ones soul.

 

It was an Indian wedding.

Have you ever seen so many colors before?

It was reading the same book over and over again,

Expecting a different ending.

 

It was climbing to the top of a tree,

And holding onto the braches until your hands are sweating and your feet are slipping off,

But you keep climbing anyway because you know that once you hit the top,

You will feel like you can fly.

 

It’s standing in the center of a huge stage,

Knowing everyone is looking right at you,

And having nothing to say but everything to show them.

It’s that standing ovation at the end,

That makes you feel like the most important person in the world.

And then you are sure that you are flying.

 

It’s not always good though.

I could feel all of it.

And I promise there were other things too.

But that’s the beauty of it.

Take the bitter with the sweet, my uncle always said.

That way you can really enjoy it when it comes.

 

It’s pulling the trigger first,

Because you can’t tell if he will or not.

It’s holding onto the unknown man’s bloody hand,

As the life finally leaves his body,

And all that is left goes limp.

 

It is being granted a mother.

Only to have it all taken away in pain,

And in anguish.

It is feeling real hate and real anger towards something that really isn’t there to be angry at.

But you are anyway.

 

It’s getting scolded by a teacher,

Because you spoke out of context,

But you don’t care because you meant what you said,

And you knew even if others didn’t,

You knew that what you said was real.

And you believe that others should know too.

 

It’s watching someone fall,

And trying to reach them but know that if you help you may very well fall too,

So instead you walk away.

And that doesn’t feel good to you either,

But you can’t think of your other choices.

 

It’s all dependent on one another.

If nothing matters than nothing matters.

If everything matters than everything matters.

But it can’t always be that simple.

 

Have you figured out what I felt yet?

If you feel all of those things I am sure you will.

I did tell you that it would be indescribable.

It’s all of the colors that you’ve seen but can’t remember.

It’s all of the tastes that remain on your tongue.

It’s all of the faces that pass you by everyday.

It’s all of the pings that you get in your heart.

 

I felt life.

I. Felt. Life.

Author's Note

Well this is what I believe I could feel when I felt the essence of life. It is a strange phenomenon, I know.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i like the message...feel life, feel it.

many don't, they just go through the motions without the emotions...
there will be summers, there will be sad autumns, and there will be tough winters...but spring will come back...the gamut of experience and feeling...and we need to absorb all of it. poets usually do.

[Brittany Bostic]

Thank you for your words. I am glad others live life feeling the same way as I do about it... seeing things that others don't see.

[pink elephant]

I loved it I felt as u wrote well said well said life is such wonderous and amazing happy sad and depressing with a shot of passion but it's one he'll of a ride and I say u described and said it well😊

[Brittany Bostic]

thank you for your words

[pink elephant]

Yes ma'am you are greatness may all ur dreams come true

[AaronFreitas]

This is awesome! So many different feelings. I love the way you broke each one down and reflected on each one. Nice work :)

[Brittany Bostic]

thank you for your words. :)