I have however been completely obsessed with poetry the past few weeks! I carry about my little purple notebook and scribble down whatever lines come into my head. Since I'm trying to revive my little blog, I thought I would share a few of my little darlings on here!
A Poem for the Boys I Went to School With
I think it's funny that the boys I went to school with
Who teased and taunted me relentlessly
Who called me names
Who smirked as they walked away
Now message me from their dark corners of the Internet
Calling me "baby"!
They want to take me out, now
They want to tell me I'm pretty, now
They want me, now.
But when I say "no thank you"
They turn right back to jerks and cowards
Calling names
Little terrors once again, tapping at me from behind their screens
Behind their ever-growing egos
The tadpoles have turned into toads
They haven't really changed
But I have.
I am still quiet under their torrent of foolish, empty words
But I walk away, now
I'm the one smirking, now.
___
The Big Joke
People are funny things
At least they seem to be.
Maybe I'm easily amused
OR MAYBE like my mother
always says,
"This isn't a joke!"
But it could be,
it should be,
because jokes make you laugh
they surprise you
they can teach you
they can be cruel
and so can people.
___
Pain
Pain is the worst roommate
you will ever have.
Pain will keep you up at night
and yet will always be awake before you
burning something miserable for your breakfast.
___
The Southern Man
is a beautiful collection of
hymns and curse words
lanky,
leaning,
whistling,
driving me home
eyes darting from all the
gasoline stars
on the
meteor shower freeway
to my face
which you will soon kiss goodnight.
