Erase (Just A Kid)

Another song/poem about being the odd one out...always.

Erase (Just A Kid)

Once again I'm alone

In a world of my own

Where I can do whatever I want to

Can't stand another day

Someone make their words go away

'Cause I know I'm not like you

So how can I try to fly

When you keep breaking my wings

So how can I reach for the sky

When you're just not listening

Just because I'm not

Like them, but so what?

So I'm breaking out right now

But I know

I'm gonna make it someday

I'm gonna make it my way

'Cause I'm just a kid out to prove to them

That I can make it too

So go on, just laugh at me

Someday you will be sorry

'Cause I'm just a kid out to prove to myself

But not to people like you

As I erase your words from my memory

Don't ever think of turning back to me

Once again alone I fall

To my knees, hit the ground

Take the beating quietly

And pray that it'll be over soon

So now I shout, hear my call

So the world will hear the sound

Like a lone wolf howling endlessly

Howling at the distant moon

So how can I try to fly

When you pretend I've got nothing to show

So how can I reach for the sky

When you call me stupid, but what do you know?

Just because I'm not

Like them, but so what?

So I'm breaking out right now

But I know

I'm gonna make it someday

I'm gonna make it my way

'Cause I'm just a kid out to prove to them

That I can make it too

So go on, just laugh at me

Someday you will be sorry

'Cause I'm just a kid out to prove to myself

But not to people like you

As I erase your words from my memory

Don't ever think of turning back to me

Now your words don't hurt anymore

No I don't feel a thing

And I will fly on forevermore

So this song I will sing'

And you'll never break my spirit

Though you may break my bones

'Cause I'm more than just another kid

I'm gonna find my own way home

But I know

I'm gonna make it someday

I'm gonna make it my way

'Cause I'm just a kid out to prove to them

That I can make it too

So go on, just laugh at me

Someday you will be sorry

'Cause I'm just a kid out to prove to myself

But not to people like you

As I erase your words from my memory

Don't ever think of turning back to me

Reviews

[Marie Harrison]

Brilliant piece, I enjoyed every word.

[Cristal Bridges]

I really like this. I feel this way a lot of the time because I get this sort of thing from my family, my workplace, and sometimes but rarely my friends. It's a really hard thing to endure everyone always putting you down or trying to break your spirit because you don't do the things others think you should or because you're not like someone else. There's a quote I love and it's this...

"Misfortunes one can endure -- they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults -- Ah! there is the sting of life." -- Oscar Wilde

Love this poem.

[Huggy Bear]

Powerful piece you have here:)

[Hello, Goodbye]

I love the how it circles back in its message. I can relate to the pain expressed and I recall that when I use to write songs.. they structured and framed in the same thought process as you. I enjoyed reading it very much. Keep up the good writing work.. I implore you to search out the inner feelings that you may not be using yet. Imagination can break you into a world of poetry you never knew. I know exploring has done that very thing for me...

[G. Anderson]

Kind of like a melody to me... more of a whimsical quality than a poetic.

Gage Anderson

[Ruth]

We all have to make it our own way, this is a powerful message love in a well executed poem!
Great work :)

[Natalie]

This was so awesome. Loved the message. It's something so many people can relate to. I could really rock out to this :)

[Cynthia]

Love this really much!

[FireFly15]

This is awesome, Love it!!

100/100

[Charles]

Well, you do make a point - and I wish you luck on your flight. I think the repetition
(of the major lament) is a bit overdone, but that may well be what you were aiming for. Otherwise, not a bad effort.