Keep Swinging

Knock, knock, knock

Life’s ready to mock

You can’t block

You’re in for a shock

 

Change has arrived

What has fate contrived?

Chance has survived

Waiting to be revived

 

Can’t lock yourself up

It ain’t a storm in a teacup

You screwed up little pup

Kindly shut up, and listen up

 

You don’t get to try just once

To trounce and flounce

To bounce and pounce

Or else your luck would’ve weighed an ounce

 

So keep swinging and missing

Hitting and running

Shouting and retreating

Until your mind goes numb and your body starts aching

 

 

 

 

Wanna be a gangster, or a shady rapstar?

Guess what, your life’s in a dumpster

Cracked by a dilemma, conned by a shyster

Getting a free ride on life’s roller-coaster

 

Get cut up and mowed down

Messed up and torn down

Now get up before you drown

Don’t look at them point and frown

 

On the face of the earth, you’re as big as an ant

Enjoy whatever your fate can grant

There are things you can do, and things you can’t

So just sit back, and listen to the rest of my rant

 

You gotta learn, kid

And you gotta earn

So you gotta burn, kid

And take the wrong turn

 

So keep swinging and missing

Hitting and running

Shouting and retreating

Until your mind goes numb and your body starts aching

 

What makes me really sad

Is the get-rich-quick syndrome, the rockstar fad

I think they’re mad

And it’s all just too bad

 

No pain, no gain

I tell you again

None of it’s in vain

None of it’s going down the drain

 

Take my advice, use no dope

Don’t wait for somebody to throw you a rope

With failure, you gotta cope

Never lose sight, and never lose hope

 

Hell, I don’t know how

But the time is now

To solemnly vow

And get ready for ‘Boom! Boom! Pow!’

 

 

So keep swinging and missing

Hitting and running

Shouting and retreating

Until your mind goes numb and your body starts aching

 

And when it hurts so bad that you wanna run

Just get up, you son of a gun

Come on, take a swing

And then just keep on swinging

 

Author's Note

This poem might sound more like the lyrics of a rap song than a poem. Personally I think it's a hybrid, and it was intentional.

Reviews

[Faiza Iqbal]

Whoa! That was amazing :) This great piece should really be used in a rap song :P