Sweet Ignorant Bliss
Reva Gandhi
Laze in the clouds
Glide through the breeze
Shoot for the stars
Always aim to appease
Hope for the best, if only you believe
But never let anyone bring you to your knees
I wish we could go back to those good old days,
Where we could sit around and tell ourselves that we’d be okay
We played by the rules,
We hoped for the best
But none of my memories ever stood the test
Life’s too short to mend that shattered glass,
Splicing my soul, causing my heart’s collapse
The walls caving in,
Until I can’t see
Slowly intoxicating my ability to breathe
I can feel the end, for it is here
Is anyone listening,
Is anyone near?
Begging for mercy,
Begging to be free,
The thunderstorm is crashing all around me
Life’s too short to exist through the days
Spending time living in a dark, shallow haze
We pretend it doesn’t exist,
And we live in a sweet ignorant bliss
Reva Gandhi is seventeen years old and attends Lakewood Ranch High School. “Sweet Ignorant Bliss” won third place in the Manatee Libraries and 805 Teen Poetry Contest.