Lasting Impression

about this kid that got killed in a traffic wreck who happened to be the cuz of a dude i worked with...who just wouldnt deal with it...

Drown yourself in the noise
Of incoherent static to fill your void
Of your lost love, your last love
Life's on then it's gone, it's a bust
High on drunken lust, escape the bust
If you must, you must bust
Away from those you trust, bust-ed
At the intersection, face the consequences
Of living in the fast lane
Disappointing, to the family
You bring nothing but shame, to the family
You bring nothing but pain, to the family
Nothing's the same, to the family
You play nothing but games with the family
And in vanity you play nothing but his tunes
Like doing so makes the pain immune in you
So it seems, like you gonna wake from this dream
Let me talk to you, snap out of this f*****g dream
Nah, hear this man, you say, this is my f*****g dream
Pushing the volume past ten
Pushing the volume to the maximum
Testing the capacity of the speakers
Testing the capacity of my patience
To the point where your vision is distorted
Your thoughts are distorted
The sound is distorted
The traffic is distorted
The reception is distorted
The information is distorted
The signal is distorted
The past is distorted
Life, you can't afford it
Cos the news won't even report it
They'll just deport it back to disorder
And wait for the next drunken vehicular murder
The message never makes penetration
Like a nation of millions lacks communication
And drunken youth fall short of aspirations
This ignornance fuels my frustration
I know the truth, how you were robbed of your youth
But is that any excuse for this unforgiving negligence
You just lost your last love to your lack of intelligence.

Reviews

[Tonya]

Bravo! I really like this poem. The tone is very intense and it speaks with declaration. The message is so very clear. One can't blame his/her past on what he/she does. He/she should be able to out think the past and overcome. For if they can not, they blame it on their lack of intelligence. Very thought provoking!

[Sarah]

I really liked this poem - it captured the ineffective means that people use to escape from their problems, instead of just accepting them and learning from them. I really like the repetition & parallelism in the beginning, especially "of your lost love, of your last love" (x Really nice. Great job!