I Do Not Understand

this was a poem for a poetry portfolio assignment in english class..we had to follow this format of the three un-indented lines and add in the rest with whatever we felt.

I do not understand

         Why people take things for granted

         Why people do not live every day to the fullest

         Why people think that their lives are invincible, when in reality they are so fragile.

But most of all, I do not understand

         Why bad things happen to good people.

         One day your life is perfect, and the next, everything you've ever known has

         fallen to pieces.

         Perfection is shattered, hope is gone, despair sets in, and you are at a loss.

         Earth shattering news shakes you to the core and your very existence threatens  

         to crumble before your eyes.

What I understand the most is that

         Life is short, that you have to live each day to the fullest because life comes with 

         no guarantees, no promises, nothing set in stone.

         Live it up while you can, love everyone you can, make apologies and make friends,

         Because you never know what tomorrow will bring, in all its glory and all its pain.

Author's Note

when i was given this assignment, i thought it would be cheesy..but i actually kind of liked how it turned out. i would love comments and reviews on this.

Reviews

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

First off humans are not perfect and a bad habit of people is to get to complacent... you certainly ask questions that will never be fully understood and end it with some very sound advice.

[Melbell19]

This is very good. It is deep and not cheesy at all. You did an amazing job. Keep writing.