Lessons Learned

A Poem by Austin

Jotted this down in Pre AP English the other day

It's a long, hard journey
when you travel all alone,
but there's no one gonna help you
if your heart is made of stone.
When you're too smart for your own good
then the road gets rough.
Weathered by the harsh winds-
you learn to be tough.
And for too long now,
I've been playing such a game.
I'm lonely on the mountaintop-
a man without a name.
And when I seek emotion,
it never works out in the end.
Some days I wonder
what's it's like to have a friend.
Some day I might slow down
and feel happiness and joy,
but right now, it seems,
all I do is destroy.