Reading old poems is like being transported back to when you wrote them. The emotions feel real again and you can remember why you wrote the poem and where you were here are some of my old ones:
Senior year
Dancing on my bed to the grateful dead
late at night star bright
on the hood of a car blasting music so far
watch the clouds as they pass laying on the grass
I can see the light almost anywhere far from here
Wanting to be worlds away back in Africa someday
Friday nights with my friends wishing this never ends
Swinging at the park often in the dark
Village Inn pie although I am often shy
Party in the basement I need a replacement
welcome to my life
BOY
The teenage boy who sits in his room
opens the whisky in the middle of the afternoon
This is how it starts
A football bully cleans him out
derogatory words are what he shouts
attempting to break him down
he is lost never found
He watches at home as his parents fight
he sees no end, no light
he can't justify what’s right from wrong
the next day at school he gets in a fight
This is only the beginning
of a story untold
lets watch it unfold
His parents fight some more
that’s when dad walks out the door
single mother now alone and poor
ridiculed at school
for being uncool
the boy wishes he was never born
This poem titled Mask's was actually published in a book!
Masks
The mask we ware.
The secrets we share.
Everyday we leave our house
paint our face with lies
Its our fake disguise
I can’t be me
when I am supposed to be like you
but I don’t really know who you are
when you wear your own disguise
do you know what my life is really like?
When I leave school I take off my mask
un-paint my lies
and wear a new disguise
the only time I’m me
is when I’m by myself
when I’m with my music
it helps nurse me back to health
it tells a truth like none other
the lyrics touch my soul
to tell me what is real
that’s the deal
its a Simple Plan , its Sublime, a Journey,
even when I’m in The Darkness
it makes me feel like the Queen I’m supreme
where would I be without something to depend on
my Reliant K, without the Nirvana it gives me
without someone waiting for me just 3 Doors Down
and when I need a laugh
and I see Bare Naked Ladies running down the street
I’m not so beat
how about when a Fast Ball comes your way
Can you solve it with some Guns And Roses?
When you meet a boy as spicy as a Red Hot Chili Pepper
you can cool it off with a little Coldplay.
When you’re having a blue day
add a little Green Day to spice it up.
The mask we ware.
The secrets we share.
Everyday we leave our house
paint our face with lies
Its our fake disguise
I can’t be me
when I’m supposed to be like you
but I don’t really know who you are
when you wear your own disguise
do you know what my life is really like?
When I leave school I take off my mask
unpainted my lies
and wear a new disguise
the only time I’m me
is when I’m by myself
when I’m with my music
it helps nurse me back to health
it tells a truth like none other
the lyrics touch my soul
to tell me what is real
that’s the deal
Burb's
Who will save me
Secluded and alone
is how I feel
claustrophobic suburbia
one day
freedom
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