I tried to be a poet
Writing my feelings down, word for word, trying to rhyme them all
" You're very good at it" they all say
I tried to be a poet
I wrote lines of words and lines of words
I tried to be Edgar Allen Poe, a writer
I tried to be a hero
Someone to be looked ...
I had this best friend who was my mix-tape
She brought me different types of music in this world
One day, I lost her
All she had to do was sing one different song
A song about trust
But she couldn't sing it to me
I lost my mix-tape you see,
The music in my world has gone
I loved ...
I remember waking up Monday mornings and thinking “I get to see her once again”
I always used to think to myself “Wow, this girl makes my day”
Well very little did I know?
That she would make my life
I now lay here writing this poem about her
Not sure if it’s a poem at all
Just ...
To get my own life back
I have to help people that were like me
Alone and confused about feelings
With noone to be there for them
You dont have to worry about that anymore
Im here for you
Everybody lets walk together
To make it through this alive
Even though Im still trying to figure my...
Everyones scared of something
Clowns Spiders, Even the world
But the only thing Im scared of
Is not being with you
Gravity can kick me down
But your the air that keeps me flying
So many words mean so little
Love is paient it is not jealous
I love you.
& All I have to say is
Than...
The clock is ticking
I hear it *tick tick*
The pumping of my heart
Pumping to stay alive
I regain consciousness and feel a rather burning sensation
I think it’s coming from my wrist
But I still hear that *tick tick*
Inside the clock I hear only but the wave of a whisper
Nobody really n...
I stand here now realizing what is yet to become
I stand here with my scared face
I stand here weaping in the shadow of my mother
I stand here screaming, I am who I determine to be!
I stand here whispering in the ears of my ancestors telling them the future of destruction
I stand here biting m...
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