"I wanna be a champion.
I wanna know what amazing feels like. And i want to experience jumper cable lips. I wanna have a reason to raise my fist in the air. And I want to stand at half court and scream, anything's possible. I wanna have glory days.
And I'm not sure if it's fear or common sense that's holding me back. And I'm still trying to figure out why I put a happy ending in all of my poems, and when my happy ending is going to come.
But winning hasn't taught me much. It's the losses. The laughter at each loss that has taught me most of the lessons worth remembering. A desire to win and a respect for losing, because I wanna be a champion.
Screwing up is necessary. Getting up again is beauty. And failure.
Failure is perfection.
And dreams wouldn't really be dreams if I achieved them. And maybe I can't outrun these expectations or this loneliness, but I wanna be a champion.
Even if that means losing sometimes.
Failure asked Depression to Prom. And Loss is taking Knowledge. But I think I'm going to take Victory. And don't tell her I said this, but I think I'm going to try to kiss her.
Because maybe I was meant to make mistakes. And maybe these are my glory days.
I wanna be a champion."
-Griffin Kerr
Dear William Lee Barefield III,
ReplyDeleteI know you're probably off saving lives in foreign countries, kissing babies and not swimming in the ocean and stuff like that... but I wish I could remember what your real name is. Because I want to know how you're doing. Even if you only knew Phyllis.
I think we could've been great friends.
Love, Phyllis Dae Sloan
Dear Phyllis Dae Sloan, I am not doing any of that.... yet. My real name is Tyler Johanson. Remind me your name, if Phyllis Dae Sloan is anything like you really are than I feel like we could have been great friends.
ReplyDelete-William Lee Barefield/Tyler J Johanson
Dear Tyler,
ReplyDeleteI was shocked to find that you replied to me. Thank you :) My name is Brynn Hallsted. I just found your name yesterday from my friend's old yearbook.
I hope you're still around to see this. I'll be checking sooner now. How are you? What are you up to?
Thanks for loving Phyllis.
Love, Brynn