3.14 Wake up smiling
The winter season is rolling in and the mornings are cold, dark and bleak when I open my eyes,
This not so ideal scene does not mean that I awake with misery or a need to stifle saddened cries.
On this outwardly meagre day, I awake with a glowing warmth radiating throughout me,
Growing more and more bright as my body and mind slowly come to and it is you that I see.
Feelings are not dictated by what surrounds us, but by what is inside that the outside cannot compromise.
Happiness does not need to come from material possessions or from items of perceived worth,
There is a hidden warmth that comes to the surface, greater than any warmth on this earth.
The comfort and joy brought to me by only your presence is enough to sustain me and make me smile,
Each beat of your heart echoes deep in my soul making everything in life whole and worthwhile.
This contentment and happiness is the emotion that we all hope and seek from the moment of our birth.
Cold the outside may be, frozen the pipes have become, but I fear not for my heart is glowing and warm,
For feelings of safety and security around you are forever consistent and have now become the norm.
The only thing I would ever change would be to make this feeling an eternal and permanent one,
To always feel radiant and glowing, akin to being out on a warm and pleasant day, exposed to the sun.
We are the perfect fit for one another and to no one else’s will shall we ever bend or conform.
No matter what goes on around me, I know I always have you. I will always wake with a smile on my face.
This one simple fact means that no matter whatever happens, I am safe and protected in every place.
Shadows no longer chase and haunt me and the nights are no longer lonely, miserable, and cold,
This feeling of joy will stay with me always and keep me protected even when I am grey and old.
I love you my darling. You are my world. It is because of you I will always wake up with a smile on my face.
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Jamie Scott Watkinson-Harvey
This not so ideal scene does not mean that I awake with misery or a need to stifle saddened cries.
On this outwardly meagre day, I awake with a glowing warmth radiating throughout me,
Growing more and more bright as my body and mind slowly come to and it is you that I see.
Feelings are not dictated by what surrounds us, but by what is inside that the outside cannot compromise.
Happiness does not need to come from material possessions or from items of perceived worth,
There is a hidden warmth that comes to the surface, greater than any warmth on this earth.
The comfort and joy brought to me by only your presence is enough to sustain me and make me smile,
Each beat of your heart echoes deep in my soul making everything in life whole and worthwhile.
This contentment and happiness is the emotion that we all hope and seek from the moment of our birth.
Cold the outside may be, frozen the pipes have become, but I fear not for my heart is glowing and warm,
For feelings of safety and security around you are forever consistent and have now become the norm.
The only thing I would ever change would be to make this feeling an eternal and permanent one,
To always feel radiant and glowing, akin to being out on a warm and pleasant day, exposed to the sun.
We are the perfect fit for one another and to no one else’s will shall we ever bend or conform.
No matter what goes on around me, I know I always have you. I will always wake with a smile on my face.
This one simple fact means that no matter whatever happens, I am safe and protected in every place.
Shadows no longer chase and haunt me and the nights are no longer lonely, miserable, and cold,
This feeling of joy will stay with me always and keep me protected even when I am grey and old.
I love you my darling. You are my world. It is because of you I will always wake up with a smile on my face.
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Jamie Scott Watkinson-Harvey