A fortune cookie
told me to live
my life and
let go of the past.
A fortune cookie
told me to dream
big and to
reach for the stars.
A fortune cookie
told me to forgive,
forget all the voices
inside my head.
A fortune cookie
told me to stop
tearing it apart.
A fortune cookie
told me to listen,
to be smart.
After a decade of laughter,
eye-rolling and sighs,
I figured that this year
I may as well take its advice.
So I crack up a cookie
brush the crumbles aside
But there is no paper,
no wisdom, no guide.
So I crack up another
which is empty, try again
I break them all open
I just don´t understand...
I check them all twice
But apparently even
a simple fortune cookie
can run out of advice.