After being in a constant state of depression I decided to seek out the beauty in life. I went outside and wrote this while admiring the warm weather and the passerby’s existing around me. Using my negativity to fuel positivity was a massive turning point in my personal development.
***This is also the last installment for my first project. I shared these poems so I could hopefully reach people who are going through the same. I want people to take their negativity they see in their life and use it to empower themselves. Realize that you are strong and you can weather the strongest storms. I thank you for everyone who has come to this website and read my work. It truly means a lot to me. I hope you can follow me on my journey in the spring to fight societal constructs and battle for equality
-Shawn Brelvi
"Helios"
Ethereal teal seals envelope the horizon
The sun rising and warming the Earth
The hearth rich with burning embers
As members gather for its reoccurring sustenance
When the sun basks us with its presence
We treat it like a present and not resent its gift
For the sun closes rifts between others and smothers us
The colors vibrant and the smiles abundant
Shun repugnance and abandon pundits
The fun’s what grips
Like Frisbee, candy, and feeling dandy
No plan B just go with it
Feel adrift in a sea of buoyancy
No fallacy to ballast me
No gravity to ensure depravity
Just pure bliss as the mist permeates
As we celebrate the presence of others
And fail to resent those who dissent
We bond in unity, in harmony, in the company.
Observing the beauty omnipresent around us
The geometry, the tall tree, the bomb green
The sense of freedom, unbridled child
Go wild in the day and retire at night
Not a care in sight
Take flight in your dreams
Where there seems to be a reality more perfect than this one