Sometimes

Sometimes I wish I was braver

Sometimes I wish I spoke up for myself a little more

Sometimes I wish I toned down a lil when I was growing up, not everybody was as enthusiastic about life as I was

Sometimes I wish I stood up for myself a little more

Sometimes I wish I didn't volunteer to help, because no one would do the same for me

Sometimes I wish people wouldn't take me for granted

Sometimes I wish I didn't take my loved ones for granted

Sometimes I wish that people will understand that I don't mean harm, that if you ask my bunch of friends, I'm not the Sarah you perceive me to be

Sometimes I wish I could express my feelings better instead of bottling up and saying or acting in ways I don't mean

Sometimes I wish people will be kinder to everyone else, just a tad bit will do

Sometimes I wish people knew me before they talked shit about me

Sometimes I wish life could be fairer to the ones who deserve it

Most of all, sometimes I wish I wasn't so misunderstood

Growing up, I was always misunderstood. I have so many examples of how seeing shouldn't always be believing. I happen to have a lifelong membership with the series of unfortunate events club. Let me tell you how I'm almost always caught in awkard situations.

I could be running to help an old lady cross the street and only to find that she was heading in another direction and I made her walk extra.

I could be running to help an old lady cross the street and if I tripped and fell and accidentally drag her plastic bag full of oranges down with me, it will look like I was going to steal those oranges instead and karma hit my theif ass and I tripped.

I could be running to help an old lady cross the street and she may start screaming that I'm her not-so-filial-granddaughter who went MIA on her for 23 years.

I could be running to help an old lady cross the street and she may think I step one kind hearted citizen to publicize my humane act.

That's the extent of how misunderstood Sarah Yong can get.

But strangely, even after series of unfortunate events, life still seems to somehow work out for me at the end of the day. And for that I'm grateful. For good things to happen to me later in life, is better than not happening at all. So I guess life is still great afterall.

Sometimes you've just got to wait for your wishes to come true.

And sometimes, there's just no sometimes. You just gotta grow up and stop wishing.