Semi-Automatic | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Semi-Automatic

Semi-Automatic

April 1, 2010
By Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
More by this author
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

Favorite Quote:
What the front door.

View profile

My inspiration has given up
My motivation met me half way
When my ambitions lost the fight
My encouragement just went away
It’s easy to get my engine started
But it won’t start up all the way
A few more tries is all it will take
And one more try is all it takes
All my dreams sit wide awake
Troubled by emotions they can’t name
And when my reasons saw the ordeal
They didn’t have very much to say
The closest I ever come to sleep at night
Is crying over it during the day
So I stole sleep and wasted dreams
In the end my dreams put sleep to waste
Every time I retrace my steps
It’s success that always seems to fade
I told victory of my tragic defeat
And when she heard this she ran away
I pleaded to my aspirations
But I couldn’t get them to stay
I tempted them with visions of triumph
But my triumph saw no reason to stay.
I’m speechless after it all
So I just listen to my disgrace
But even he had given up
For even he couldn’t go all the way.

© Jessica P., Bethel Park, PA

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Doll House Living
By sgrace SILVER
West Chester, Pennsylvania
sgrace SILVER, West Chester, Pennsylvania
5 articles 22 photos 18 comments
View profile
Poetry
Lightning
By Rachel Bellah BRONZE
Seattle, Washington
Rachel Bellah BRONZE, Seattle, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
When this poem felt eternal...
By KICK3593 PLATINUM
Roslyn Heights, New York
KICK3593 PLATINUM, Roslyn Heights, New York
49 articles 0 photos 74 comments
View profile
Poetry
The Ending
By OurFrost GOLD
Galt, California
OurFrost GOLD, Galt, California
10 articles 1 photo 4 comments
View profile
Poetry
Med-O-Lark
By Mew13 SILVER
Princeton, New Jersey
Mew13 SILVER, Princeton, New Jersey
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If there were to be a universal sound depicting peace, I would surly vote for the purr.&quot;<br /> (Barbara L. Diamond)

View profile
Poetry
July Twentieth Two Thousand and Eight
By Poe_poe SILVER
DeMotte, Indiana
Poe_poe SILVER, DeMotte, Indiana
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 36 comments.

Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 2 2011 at 10:45 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

Favorite Quote:
What the front door.

View profile
oh Aderes,my dear, again you have taken my mushrooms and turned them into bologna sandwiches. thank you.
Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Aug. 2 2011 at 4:23 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
11 articles 0 photos 897 comments

Favorite Quote:
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

View profile
Sometimes I feel like this, like all my inspiration has faded away.I can't believe someone was able to turn that emotion into a poem. True genius. 
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 5 2010 at 11:04 am
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

Favorite Quote:
What the front door.

View profile
yeah, so you can stop pacing back and forth captain.
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 4 2010 at 6:11 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
34 articles 1 photo 682 comments

Favorite Quote:
learn from your past to live for the future.

View profile
Exactly....
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 3 2010 at 2:31 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

Favorite Quote:
What the front door.

View profile
hence the phrase "natural assumption".
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 2 2010 at 6:05 am
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
34 articles 1 photo 682 comments

Favorite Quote:
learn from your past to live for the future.

View profile
If it's a natural assumption, then there's gotta be some truth in it.
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 29 2010 at 9:24 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

Favorite Quote:
What the front door.

View profile
thats not paranoia, thats just a natural assumption. if you want to see paranoia then look at this captain...
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 29 2010 at 5:16 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
34 articles 1 photo 682 comments

Favorite Quote:
learn from your past to live for the future.

View profile
Haha, I'm just perinoid like that...
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 28 2010 at 4:55 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

Favorite Quote:
What the front door.

View profile
sure, like we held a sign up that said "please read these posts because they're your business and not ours, and boosflash and i really do care what you think." sure captain, like i really see that coming...
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 26 2010 at 4:38 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
34 articles 1 photo 682 comments

Favorite Quote:
learn from your past to live for the future.

View profile
Yes, but these posts would also not be so confusing to people reading them if we understood what we were talking about.  Some people may know, and others may not, but if we knew, then there'd be nothign here for people to speculate about, would there?
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 26 2010 at 2:02 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

Favorite Quote:
What the front door.

View profile
not that i want you to be confused, but it helps. these posts wouldnt be so long if we knew what each other were talking about.
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 18 2010 at 8:19 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
34 articles 1 photo 682 comments

Favorite Quote:
learn from your past to live for the future.

View profile
Ahaha, alright, I'll try to remember next time he's on...though he's not as random as you are, and he'll probably think it weird.  But I'm sure he'll like the attention.  And do you mean you WANT me to be confused, and it throws you off that I'm not?
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 18 2010 at 5:26 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

Favorite Quote:
What the front door.

View profile
well, i'm not expecting us to be on the same page, so when we are it throws me off. i guess i look foward to the chaos and confusion. it helps us do our dance. tell your friend i love him much very.
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 9 2010 at 12:12 am
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
34 articles 1 photo 682 comments

Favorite Quote:
learn from your past to live for the future.

View profile
Haha, well also ironically, you remind me of another one of my friends who is completely random, and whenever we chat on Facebook, he expects me to be as random as he is, and I am, but that doesn't make me random.  I can BE random, though I'm a literal person.  And I didn't really count the posts, I was estimating how many I'd seen in my Yahoo! inbox.
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 6 2010 at 8:32 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

Favorite Quote:
What the front door.

View profile
ironically, when you talk random to someone the last thing you expect them to do is say something completely random to what you said, and i cant believe you actually counted the posts.
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 6 2010 at 9:25 am
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
34 articles 1 photo 682 comments

Favorite Quote:
learn from your past to live for the future.

View profile
Well, how bout this?  I was being random not only because I can be a random person, but because you were being random, as well, and I just went with the flow of the conversation (if you would call it that).  However, if we did, in fact, have a real conversation, I'm sure you would find me to be quite dull and boring and wouldn't want to spend time filling out 13 Teen Ink responses just to reply to my mindless jabbering.
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 6 2010 at 1:36 am
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

Favorite Quote:
What the front door.

View profile
much you very thank captain. i really input your appreciate.
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 6 2010 at 1:15 am
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

Favorite Quote:
What the front door.

View profile
(we could have real talk and answer your question) its actually the randomness in some of your responses. on several occasions i've said or asked something and then you responded and by your response it was clear that we lost each other.so depending on your definition of real talk, i'm not sure how it would turn out....
Chinadoll BRONZE said...
on Jul. 3 2010 at 9:08 pm
Chinadoll BRONZE, Dallas, Texas
3 articles 0 photos 172 comments
View profile
This is Awesome! Very well put and written and I like what you're saying. Great Job!
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 3 2010 at 7:49 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
34 articles 1 photo 682 comments

Favorite Quote:
learn from your past to live for the future.

View profile
Alright...(and I'm thinking, if you're getting so fired up about my lousy talk, how fired up do you get about REAL talk??)