Otherside

A poem inspired by doing exactly what the first two lines say. I also received some inspiration from ColdPlay's "What If". When I think about how fleeting each day and my life is, I try and take time to not let moments slip. Telling people I love them often. Thanking service men and women for what they've done. Breaking internalized stereotypes by striking up conversation with someone I feel is "sketchy" or undesirable. Things like that just make me feel good inside. Life's too short to pass those times up. This poem is basically for anyone in my life.

One second I’m on my back

Under a blue dusky sky

The next I could be

Falling off the Otherside

The dogs are barking

Hellhounds, it would seem

Here I am in a moment

Existing for the time being

One second I’m a floating speck

In an ocean of stars

The next I could be

The vapor exiting your car

Bombs might be falling

In just a minute or two

So why waste life away

Living it without you?

One second you’re my friend

Somebody that I love

If the next you walk away

Meet me again up above

Then when the world is void,

We’ll have no more disputes

No money or school or people

To stop us from being true

If one second when we live

Either of us should depart,

The next moment being Heaven,

Just know you have a place in my heart

A special spot where we exist,

Only to be filled by you and I

Dearest friend, I’ll be writing, always

‘til we fall off the Otherside