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I've always wanted... MAG
I've always wanted to write a good poem
That would unhinge your jaw and knock you off your feet,
That was arranged in creative stanzas so nice and neat.
That would make your hair stand on end and your mouth would foam.
Publishers with itchy palms would scratch their pens
On the dotted line where my name ends,
And missing relatives would come out of their dens
Swearing they baby-sat-me-once and I could make amends.
Because their time is worth my money.
I would be a household name.
But I don't think it would be the same.
My mind would be dark though my security sunny …
So I'll just stick to record players & the smells of a good coffee shop
And hope that the good poems just stop.
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Yeah this is really great! I'm a bit of pessimist too....actually a lottta bit!
Ill check out some more of your work
Thanks lady rocker girl person :)
& So does mine. I just meant that sometimes I don't want to be any good at it.
I already have everything need. So the prospect or possibility of having the things I deeply desire is a scary thing that creeps in the back of my mind. The thought of me being what I dream of or the pain it will take to get anywhere God wants me to go is a shadow that I'm afraid to let God shine out of my mind. If that makes any sence :/
That's the question isn't it. I mean your passion isn't always what God wants for you. Like George Washington love architecture. Yet he didn't get to live his life following that love. So that's where I'm at a loss.
I hope you make it.
It's just my way. I some times just am afraid of getting everything I ever wanted.
