Book of Life

Feb 01, 2024

Written by Daniel Kagan from Russell Sage College — Troy — NY

Turn the page my little motivation 

Rob yourself of a loud life so you can see your future 

Create your own inspiration 

Avoid a normal structure just to achieve the final elevation Rob yourself of a past so you can see your future 

Keep it to yourself as you push through any barriers 


Create a sense of failure and fall into an academic culture Fall in love with a sense of winning 

False sense of obligation and pressure surrounds you 


Forget the journey but remember your beginning 

A quiet life created not chosen by you 

Turn your page and finish your work 

Pick up the pieces of your present and maybe then you will have a clue A clue to what you really are 

To why you are here 


For what you are to become 

Finding yourself meant one thing 

You want to help others grow to their fullest 

Imagine what you could be if there was nothing in the way of your dreams If you just changed the flow of your thoughts 

Turn the page and realize you can create your own book

You are a role model not for others 


Rather you are the best version of your present 

Your future or past no longer will hold you back 

You find a way to grasp the flow of this present 

And ride it 

as all the dreamers have before you 

Run with it 

As all your relatives have before 

Lie there 

As all the fallen have before 

See only the endless space just to realize your dreams could be just that No more searching 

Things will now come to you 


No more hiding 

Your deepest fears away from your view 

Fall in love with freedom 

Breathe, you got through the book 

Create a new page and never spoil the ending to yourself

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