Who Am I?

• Artist: [-Henshin-]
• Description: You know that poem every kid is forced to write when they're in like.. second grade? Well I was thinking about it, and wanted to write something that would have freaked out my teacher the most. This is what I came up with.
• Date: 06/14/2009
• Tags: required writing from schoolkids

I am the last 12 letters of the alphabet
I am the puzzle piece that will not fit
I am the hand you're dealt when you're in the pit
I am the old and the young self-righteous p***k
I'm the grinning, spitting, fat fitting king
I am the telephone that will not ring
When you're messaging from around the world
And older man who's a pretty girl
I'm the shitty shoes that you couldn't afford
I'm the phone call that sends you on one last tour
I am the check you get from your forgotten father
I am the letter you got from your missing mother
I am the sea that drowned your first born son
I am the thoughts of many, the face of one
I am the man that tore apart your home
With half-off sales on methadone
I am the pole your sister dances
I am the gift of second chances
I am the drug-permitting trances
Of the homeless and the rancid
I am the plague of wasted energy
And the man that brought you synergy
I'm the face that launched a thousand wars
And the faulty hinges on your doors
I am the bottom of the ocean
The furthest reaching star
The core of every notion
That you never carried far
I AM the face you dread
I am the pillow on your bed
I am the comrade you thought you had
Who's leaving you for dead
I am the stanzas in the poem
You had no time to write
I am the battle that you're losing
But who said you had to fight?
I am insincere
And never there
When you need me most
But always there with party flare
For your undeserving toast
But the point of which I want to prove
Is never all that simple
So live in peace and apathy
Until you're old and wrinkled

Comments

[Zzzonked]

OH HOLY s**t. A REAL POEM. I love you.

[littlewho]

omg that was amazing. i couldnt stop reading. this is really good i wish i was this good.

[vv7722]

It's strange but it really captures your attention. Good job! 4/5

[Madame Mortis]

This is really awesome. When you read it, you just can't stop. It has a really nice rhythm to it as well. Good work. All the little words just go and keep going. It's rather swell. Keep writing!

[GreanTee]

Neat as in it in fits nice, it's captivating, it makes you wanna like...it makes you wish you wrote it yourself. <3(:

[[-Henshin-]]

Just a sidenote, I know razz I put "wars" in on purpose. But I can see what you mean about the clump of text.

[-Deathly Destruction-]

It was "The face that launched a thousand ships" not wars! XD

Still, well done. My only partial complaint, since poetry isn't my expertise, would be to break up your verses. Great big piles of text all smashed together can scare away anyone, regardless of format. wink