turning twenty

has never been a more

joyful occasion and this time

i have kept the blues at bay

i have avoided the self-indulgence

of woes and regrets (with a

little help from gin and a lot

from friends)

i have felt blessed, truly

and i have learnt over the past

two years

that it is possible to grow

to love someone you didn't before

that things change for the better

and i will change for the better

that the world doesn't end when i fuck up

and a fucked up world doesn't end me

and there's more of all that to come

in which i'll figure out more as i go along

yes turning twenty this way

is the way it's meant to be