This ain't gonna get me nowhere

Written for Muse contest

This ain’t gonna get me nowhere

 

“This ain’t gonna get me nowhere”
 she thought at her 5^th grade math table
engaged in her long division and fractions
and looking up to peers that didn’t like her,
nor did she like them,  and sighing

“This ain’t gonna get me nowhere”
she pondered  during 7^th grade frog dissections
looking up at her best friend, who at 13,
had 3 addictions, 4 sex-buddies
and no one else
she sighed when she cut off the frog’s hands and
started waving at me

“This ain’t gonna get me nowhere”
she considered over 3 cups of coffee and
2 history books her sophomore year
sighing when she noticed all her friends outside
smoking God knows what
then leaving her books and assignments to
go join them

“This ain’t gonna get me nowhere”
she said on the first day of school
sighing when she entered the doors
of her 5^th year of high school
face heavy with black makeup, angst
and stares

Five years passed, black hair cut, face cleaned,
smiled renewed.
She looked over at her spouse, someone she hardly knew,
at their 3 kids and small, one story house with her husband’s
old Ford, sighed and though
“I guess it got me somewhere, it just ain’t where I want to be”

 

Reviews

[Kat_BT]

wow keke, this is really deep and really amazing.
Its beautifully written, and really casts a grave feeling, and knowledge beyond years.
It certainly leaves me wondering.
Great Work