A Year Later
You told a lie that I will never forget
What's said can't change, but I regret we met
Smile with your white teeth like it was no big deal
A year not talking, you don't know how I feel
You stole my life like stealing candy from a child
You had my heart racing like a zebra in the wild
I felt broken, at the same time I thought there was hope
A year later and I'm finally starting to cope
Life started changing as the months by
The sorrow was beginning to die
More to life than just thinking of you
I found out I have better things to do
Made me realize not to settle for just okay
The situation was a blessing disguised in a way
Showed true colors of the people I was around
A year later, I survived. Splash! I did not drown
Who or what is this about? Who ever it is he is a player
ReplyDeleteBy ben is better than oliver hertzog
ReplyDeletein the last line of the poem, what do you mean by Splash i didn't drown?
ReplyDeleteIn the last stanza, what does it mean?
Why is the poem so dark and deep?
Hi Maria. In the first line of the last stana, what do you mean by "just okay"? The rest of the poem makes it sound like you thought it was really great. The second stanza really makes me wonder what happened. Now I'm confused, which is why I don't like poetry. Oh well, I guess I don't have to get it. As for the whole poem, why is it so deep? The word blessing is symbolic to me. It makes me think of good things to come, angels, and fate.
ReplyDeleteNick Gallagher
Hopefully this time I can post, because I really like this poem. I like the image in the first stanza of smiling with your white teeth. It makes me think of someone pretending everything's fine when clearly that person-- and you-- know that life is horrible. I like the "splash" in the last line, too. Using that word creates a sense of, well, almost playing, like how you splash into a pool from the diving board instead of sinking to the bottom because you can't swim.
ReplyDeleteDr. Benson