life takes gauze and glue
wide eyes will get us there
on our coconut hooves
rising tides bring trouble
they strand old tubs upon the sand
so we navigate the shallows
and chase down birds with our bare hands
i don't want to be special
i'd have too much to lose
line up the world's lemons
suck them all and choose
make some lemonade or lose
diamonds on the table
hearts upon on their knees
it's a tragedy of clubs and spades
in a hand of cards as lame as these
so trickle down you pennies
quench my thirsty purse
and let's chase away those shallow birds
who peck bare earth and dream of worms
we don't want to be special
we'd have too much to lose
let's line up all the world's lemons
suck them all and choose
make some lemonade or lose
drink the lemonade or
we lose
Soulmate
ReplyDeleteWill I ever find my soulmate?
Will I ever find someone who loves me more than life itself- or even harder-
someone I love more than life itself?
It’s cycles
I meet you
I like you
I ask you
You say yes
You’re happy
I’m tormented
I end it
You’re unhappy
I’m still tormented
Nobody’s feelings get hurt but yours
The guilt of your feelings digging a hole in my heart and I’m wary of letting it happen again.
Evidently
You aren’t my soulmate
You were my soulmate
I almost thought
The pain of my feelings digging a hole in my heart and I’m wary of letting it happen again.
Nobody’s feelings get hurt but mine
You’re morose
I’m crushed
You end it
You’re not
I’m happy
I say yes
You ask me
You like me
You meet me
It’s cycles
someone that loves me more than life itself?
Will I ever find someone I love more than life itself- or even harder-
Will I ever find my soulmate? - Julia
I'm a bit confused on the message that the writer is trying to convey with this poem, What I interpreted from the line 'so we navigate the shallows and chase down birds with our bare hands' is that the writer is trying to tell us to do something but not enough so that it would cause you trouble or misfortune. I'm kind of taking a wild guess and say that the writer is spreading the message of living life to the fullest by metaphorically lining up all the worlds lemons and proceeding to suck them dry and choose. but there are several lines that oppose that idea such as 'we don't want to be special we'd have too much to lose' that I interpreted as "try not to be too invested or you risk losing something of yourself" so far I'm kind of getting mixed signals by this poem.
ReplyDeleteI really feel that this poem is the physical form of my inner thought for all of this time. I've been betrayed and let down by several people that I trusted and loved before, that's why I kind of have trust issues up until now. Entering university life, two or three people have tried entering my life by doing something that common people usually do with their partner to me. But, I always feel that they treat other people just as the same as how they treated me. I didn't want to get my hopes high, and I still don't. I don't want to disappoint myself just because I thought they treated me differently and made me feel special. I don't really know or care if my comment isn't related with the poem very much but still, the word 'I don't want to be special' really hit me when I read it.
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