For The Future Me

Overworking is never the answer. Take a break why don't you?

As the flowers bloom outside,

My head is stuffed in tomes alive.

A pink petal flies across my window,

As I suffocate in the dust within my limbo.

 

Children’s laughs echo, and bounce off my walls.

A self-made prison I've created, for a single cause.

I study for the year ahead, and leave the rest be.

Word after words I read, I became less of me.

 

Book after book, was what I read all day.

Ignoring the calls, and the food on my tray.

I read and read, until I slept.

And when I awoke, I would always find that I've wept.

 

Wept in my sleep, for I had no time to cry.

Work, work must I, for the future, before I die.

Yes work is my life, and study I must.

As the day creeps by, morning till dusk.

 

Children’s laughs echo, and bounce off my walls.

A self-made prison I've created, for a single cause.

I study for the year ahead, and leave the rest be.

Word after words I read, I became less of me…

 

Reviews

[SyberRose]

Children’s laughs echo, and bounce off my walls.
A self-made prison I've created, for a single cause.
I study for the year ahead, and leave the rest be.
Word after words I read, I became less of me.


I really like this alot Soma...I like the couplet form too...Nicely penned as always...Rose:)

[Soma-ko]

Why thank you very much, and I'm glad you liked it. :)

[Shy_muse]

This is so meaningful and it really struck a chord with me. We often lose sight of ourselves in the midst of this crazy life. We need to remember to stay strong and always be "me"...

[Demure Penumbra]

I understand the feeling all too well. School is a demanding mistress who's blind to the fact that she's slowly but surely killing you. This was very wonderfully written. Brings back a lot of the things I'm trying to forget.

[Soma-ko]

Thank you, and I hope I didn't set you too back (in terms of forgetting).

[NA]

Some people work themselves into an early grave...your poem was very insightful...sometimes you just have to take a break...excellent! :)

[Soma-ko]

Thank you. :)