project life

i watched

flowers bloom and wilt.

i watched

empires rise and fall.

i watched

people make mistakes

and learn from them.

i sat there watching, observing and taking careful notes.

but i forgot to live my life.

i never smelled the flowers.

i never traveled to different empires.

i never built relationships with people.

i sat there,

eager to learn,

scared of making mistakes,

building different theories,

but time passed by

and i didn't experience anything.