My dad says “Why can’t you write a happy poem?”
I thought about it but I’m not very good at writing fiction
What kind of poem would I write if I were a happy person?
Nothing I would read, that’s for sure
My mom says you can’t make money unless you write like Shel Silverstein
Well ok maybe there’s no money here
but think about all the therapy bills I don’t have because I write
Sure everyone likes those silly rhyming poems
but the poems that touch my heart and make me think are the ones that make me cry not laugh
I write about the realities of my life
and I can’t be the idealist I was when I started writing six years ago
Life isn’t the Utopia of fairy tale endings
I’ve grown to be a cynic and a realist
In my reality the class I work the hardest in, is always my lowest grade
I work and work, yet have no money
So ask me to write a happy poem that everyone will like
I could try, but that would not be me

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