just the way life be

Just writing. Excuse the improper English. I write how I feel, and that's how I felt. No deep hidden message...

everybody answers to somebody

i answer to me

i'm harder on myself

than anybody else could be

been in love ?

yea, a time or two..

ever felt heart break...

yep, how bout you...

everyone stands alone

in lifes pourin' rain

everyone's got their own umbrella

their own way to hide from pain

i've been on that shadowy highway

lookin for someplace to rest

i've laughed when i felt like cryin

i think that's just the way life be...i guess

 

there's an ocean of memories

i've gathered along the way

some of them i've forgotten

others linger on to make me pay

there's some streets i've walked

i'd love to walk again

places and faces locked in my heart

good times come on you...now and then

i've passed over alot of walls

i've often failed to do my best

kinda just the way it goes

i think it's just the way life be...i guess

 

somedays i feel so strong

like nothing can get to me

other times when i wake up 

i'm about as lost as i can be

it all seems to have a beat

like a song that won't go way

get dressed...do my best

live my life day to day

i think all i really know

what i've learned more or less

try to give more than you take

i think it's just the way life be... i guess

 

Reviews

[Kenna]

I agree with David - you have a fantastic sense of rhythm, and you certainly know how to use it!

"there's an ocean of memories
i've gathered along the way
some of them i've forgotten
others linger on to make me pay"
This is a great metaphor, and it's something I can picture easily; memories are so hard to push to the back of your mind when they decide to come out, and you've captured this well.

Good job! xo

[lessa (kenzie)]

live my life day to day
i think all i really know
what i've learned more or less
try to give more than you take
i think it's just the way life be... i guess

This is remarkable, I like your style of writing

[Cherrie Palmer]

your poem has a good flow it holds a thought and feeling everyone can relate to
i liked it

[Silent Kim aka mizmetap..]

Seems like you took a chapter out of my life, or just a little portion of it. I write with loneliness, saddness and regret. Your piece touches the sadness but acceptance of the loneliness and regret and the ability to move forward and not dwell. Thanks for the read request and I hope I can learn to move forward.

Very inspiring.

[poetic soul]

wow.......something so in built within all of us but none of us really realize it....

nice introspective write, if i can say so...........was kind of a mirror reflection....at least for me...

:) Smiles,
Poetic Soul

[Nautili]

love it! Life is trips, falls, and victories. I know what you mean about somedays feeling so confident, and lost on others. i call them my lion and my lamb days. really enjoyed reading this.

[Lily1111]

It is one thing to impart wisdom, it is another thing to impart wisdom with such eloquence. This poem has the quite reflection of sunlight bouncing off a lake.

[Robert Luna]

There are some powerful words of wisdom dripping from this piece. I hope all that have read it are able to truly appreciate the complex nature of such wisdom has had to be learn and at the same time are able to take something a way from it. We all have problems and challenges in life it a matter of learning and becoming a better person. My father once told me. "If everyone from town gather around in the town square and threw all of their problem into a huge pile so everyone else could see them. You would end up taking all of yours back and plus a few others because you would realize there people that have it a lot worst than you.

As always such a pure pleasure reading your words.

Great Job!!!!!!!!

[thecoolone52]

nice work........ i like your stories a bit better then your poems but this isnt 2 bad nice work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Butterflymom]

This was beautifully written, flowed well, and I identified with it. It was incredible!

[Pauline Marie Daley]

I love the meter and the structure of this poem. It has a nice feel to it. And in my opinion - pieces that are written from the writer's own personal emotions, are the best there is. :)