this is the best i’ve ever been

Alicia Wu ‘25

singing in the bathroom late at night, wandering thoughts as i brush my teeth. it’s late september but i’m not thinking of the next month over i can read stories that whisper about the past and i won’t cry anymore i think i’m better now. i read a story that referenced two people a month together and thought about young love. the thought of two should have sent me south but i’m here. i’m humming in the bathroom your song tells of a heartbreak but i’m thinking of self-progress maybewebroughtouttheworstineachother i can’t lie it’s been difficult amillionfullstopsonourskin i never turned out the way i wanted butbabythesongsthatiwroteasyourother but i’m trying arethebesti’lleversing this is the best i’ve ever been.