Utter NonesenseA Poem by Alexandra
The burger looks scrumptious and you want to buy that hat
Solution: get both and you’ll be poor and be fat! The fat girls complain they’re too plump and round When the skinny girls drop they don’t make a sound You can’t cast a shadow until you step into the light If you think couplets are annoying, then damn you, you’re right But the world’s a dichotomy, nothing is plain The ones called genius are certifiably insane And all we want is to feel we belong ` so we lock ourselves up and say nothing’s wrong And even I’ll run and say that I’m shy But when the people go away I just want to die Perhaps you’ve deduced this poem’s got no plan Or is the stench of my grammar all you understand? But there’s a fool who thinks they’re unique and puts down the crowds all around Hear the voice of the “original”; you’ll hear just one sound And by the way my back is aching from this position Am I gonna move? No, just listen My writing was better when I was young Better form, themes, and more fun Well wasn’t the sky bluer back in our day? How much we bemoan our aging can amaze Yet as a child I tapped my feet for the years to go by Waiting for the age when I could drive and fly That age isn’t all it’s cracked up to be kid Just be happy and shut your lid Now to dance is to move with a sense of a beat Meaning no fun, no improvisation, or else face defeat Perhaps you find me a tad bit dark Or mayhap I have not yet made my mark I try to find balance to no avail When it comes down to it, I’m really just a fail Self-esteem is overrated, just give up my friend (but when you succeed at failure, does the tale ever end?) A wheel keeps on rolling ‘til the end of all we know Maybe it will reach the end of this poem! And the hope is disintegrating in front of their eyes But for those children God holds a surprise Sweet life is what we must pursue Though a command to live is not a theme new So why write this poem, and challenge to rhyme? Especially when my pairs were not quite sublime No answer, but, why can we not stop asking why Even a question with an answer that will terrify And I see that this road can be left, right, or straight Do make a decision or we’ll all be irate Whose we, you ask, of which you refer? Oh just me the schizophrenic chauffeur Oooh that was a weird one, the critics will scoff Well a critic is stupid…my creativity is off Lala I no more think of good lines This is what happens when your brain turns to brine As I reach my end, remember to smile at the shadows you find And that stranger with candy may truly be kind So don’t doubt the world every second Don’t judge the people and you won’t feel as threatened So when the world goes on outside the pen Just cry and see what will happen Who knows if your fairy godmother will appear? Having been summoned by a single tear. Now to speak is to make the abstract concrete And to write yields something still more discreet To release tension? or of creativity reaffirm For indeed there’s always something that will make us squirm. “Oh ye of little faith”, you are bored I see Now is the moment I deem you free © 2015 Alexandra |
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Added on May 17, 2015 Last Updated on May 17, 2015 Author
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