Chameleon

Some days I wake up and feel like crying

I’ve been through so much, just keep trying

I’m tired of this life, I just want to escape

To run away from it all, totally change shapes

Become a chameleon, blend and disappear

Not put up with this s**t year after year

I want to be free, float off and fly like a bird

This life is not meant for me, haven’t you heard

Sleep through the hard parts I used to endure

I’ve grown up too fast, learned to mature

Now is my chance to figure out a plan

To pack up and leave just because I can

If I stay here too long, I might never leave

Forget about dreams, forget to believe

I’ll be like everybody else, a clone, the same

Even go as far as forget my own name

So I need to travel far and never look back

And not wander off of this new golden track

 

Reviews

[Carole]

Some days I wake up and feel like crying

I've been through so much, just keep trying

I'm tired of this life, I just want to escape

To run away from it all, totally change shapes

Become a chameleon, blend and disappear

You have definitely hammered some human emotion that the majority of us have experienced at one time or another. I love the candidness in this piece. Thanks for sharing so freely, Kat! Carole

[rea rea]

this is exactly how i felt when i left my husband. i know how you felt. good write

[closed account]

"Even go as far and forget my own name" that lined summed it up!! life can spin in circles for to long, I myself feel like escaping from it all, then I remember I am right where I am suppose to be!! this was a great poem.. thanks for sharing. :-)

[Bobby Mc]

I loved this write, I can relate. Sometimes lifes activities make us so busy we forget who we are and what we're doing here, become one of the pack and herd with the others.
Great write

[Lalli]

I really liked it, the best poetry reveals a poet naked and exposed down to the essnece of their soul. Their heart can be seen beating through each word that we read, and this poem does exactly that... you pulled the rhyme scheme off pretty good, without allowing ti to restrict you too much.. thank you for sharing the discontement, strength and hope

much love n respect

-lalli

[Rambling Prose]

What a wonderful piece of poetry. The voice of malcontent & a deep soulful yearning. The progression is smooth & steady all the way through.

Nicely penned...

[Thomas James Martin]

I do like your straight forward language here and don't blame you for feeling that way sometimes. I know I do, and I am sure that I am a lot older than you.

Tom

[quiet_nomad]

I enjoyed reading this, a sentiment I often have myself. I moved to Canada from England in 2007, the track is there, wether it is golden or not, is still to be seen.

[Samith Pich]

Yes the couplets could have been tighter: there's no real reason why escaes doesn't ryhme with shape and not shapes.

I like the honesty in your words and the language isn't pretentious.

I'm wondering out loud whether you should've inserted a stanza break between

I've grown up too fast, learned to mature

and

Now is my chance to figure out a plan.

There's quite a shift in tone here, and when i read it initially i was a bit confused because I thought it was a poem having a lovely whinge then suddenly you show determination to stick to your path??

But hell, we can all change our minds can't we?? lol

thanks for sharing.

[Angel's Lady]

Become a chameleon, blend and disappear - yes, wouldn't that be nice sometimes? Really beautifully written! Great job!