only fitting i guess
that a friend of mine
would be thinking
even though just merely entertaining
fictitiously
the ideas i once harboured as a twelve year old
so the idea is that
life at times does not seem worth living
and that the ending of ones life
may be the answer
however it is not
especially the answer to all problems
because the one "problem"
it would could maybe should fix
would only be opening in a can of worms
leading to more negative feelings
resulting more than likely
in more people that you would expect
remorse guilt sadness and countless question
of why and how things could have been different

now oddly enough i found a way to again apply a lesson
from this now 8 going on 9 year old time of life

so leap with me here

if you love someone
set them free
(thank you sting)
i mean its like this
i am not saying to let them go
but its if you love someone
and you they do not necessarily reciprocate
the feelings
dont keep putting your hand in the flame
instead love the person for being there at all
because they could not exist ever in your life
or even worse
be taken from you without notice

i found myself
looking back
at the things
i once said
were part of who i am

i know when i wrote it
i must have attempted at
unbridled writing
with no filter
but at some point
started grasping for straws

some of the things i wrote down maybe came from the soul
without thought
just with inner truth
and some things came
as self destroying

but now if i were to be asked who i was
i would hope i would say
that i am alex brosseau
someone who seems to care "too much"
who is emotional
who has a vested interest in everyone
and is loyal beyond all means
also mixed up
but working down the road to happiness
which is my ultimate goal
to just be happy
with myself

i found myself last evening wish to write
but holding off
on the purpose of awkwardness
and i ne're felt so stifled
to avoid that feeling again
would be great

have you ever wondered how your life would be
if it were different
i mean if you were famous now rather than
possibly later
or if you weren't the way you look
not to say better nor worse
possibly if you were the same but you just took
different roads
in the end that were making you a different person
than who you are as you think these things

would you be happier?
healthier?

i am not pointing trying to point these things
i am not trying to do anything to hurt anyone
know that i am changed
from where i once was
i am not the same man
i have grow so much
made mistakes
learned lessons
so please
dont second guess yourself
you are good
you have great parts
and parts that need work
just like everyone
but remember
tread lightly
for not everyone sees your path
your journey
and cannot sympathize with you
or imagine or understand