Acting The Optimist

from Acting The Optimist by Val Emmich

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I’m changing my mindset
I’m leaning on common sense
I’m kicking the creeps out of me

I’m acting the optimist
Off the edge of the precipice
I’m gliding so light on my feet

But I get that feeling
Like I can barely breathe
Yeah I get that feeling
But it soon lets go of me

I return to the positive
The abandon of college
I’m young everywhere but my knees

I rely on community
To invite me for talk and tea
Or I think so deep into sleep

Yeah I get that feeling
Like I can barely breathe
Yeah I get that feeling
But it soon lets go of me

It soon lets go of me
And I’m free

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from Acting The Optimist, released June 19, 2020

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