Well, here are a few things that I've written. I've noticed that poetry written by people my age is usually pretty sappy and shitty, but I hope that these are just a little better than average.
Masks
Do you see that man?
He walks with a smile,
but carries a broken heart.
No one knows, and he,
he will never tell.
Do you see the beautiful woman
that all men desire?
Pretty enough to make angels weep,
She is blinded by one flaw,
Cannot see the forest through the trees.
Do you see the strongman so big?
He hides behind chemicals and iron,
so that no one will see he's weak.
He sees everyone's greatness
Save for his own.
We are all like these people.
You and I keep the masks.
So that no one will ever know
that we are all alone inside
Fearing what will be our medicine.
[STOP]
and I'll relive one moment I had with you
[LOOK]
at the two of us; our last moment together
[LISTEN]
and you will hear the words I shouldn't have said
[LEARN]
from me, the past is no place to spend the present
Here I am.
There you are.
Once close.
Now far.
No words.
Just pain.
Goodbye.
(please God no)
Wouldn't it be nice
To know that your worst day
Had come and passed?
Wouldn't life be yours
To savor?
Yours to grasp and LIVE
Your to see through
Yours to be happy within
Wouldn't it be a horror
To know your best day
Had come and passed?
Life would slip, drudgingly,
to it's bitter end.
But still, its yours.
Yours to work.
Yours to fight for a better day.
Well, maybe it's something simpler
ya know, like your girlfriend used to be a guy
or you walk outside and you just see people
people starring at you drinking Kansas swine
throw a red and yellow straw like the ones
they have at McDonalds
and somedays you wake up pissed
and then the orange juice is rude to you
so you drink it, and you say
"just keep on screamin' and I'll keep drinkin'"
and you keep drinkin' and find yourself outside
with some whore you don't know
but that bastard across the street you know
that he makes the kid in the yellow house blare
that goddamned trumpet from dusk til dawn
was a hell of a good movie but the evil empire
was coined by Reagan, perfected by Vader, and performed by
rage against the machine cause you know
it's just another case of the man keeping you down
while some bastard tries to show you up
Unfocus, unfocus, unfocus
or else they'll latch on to your trick
turnin' tricks is good, especially for stallions
I got one sitting in my Trig class
she sleeps with everyone but boy can she blow a horn
the band plays at the football games, but no one
comes when there are supposed to
just watch the game and talk to their
friends was on last night and I think they were having sex
on the bed in a hotel room until you get in trouble with the
state police, girls just get you in trouble with the state police
C'mon mister krinkle won't you please tell me why
Say it ain't so, Joe
but the world's all fucked up
all people want to do is fuck
so turn around and cover your eyes
cause if you look directly at it
it'll fuck up your retinas and never forget that
everything gives you cancer, even spring days and puppy dogs
some guy hit my dog, broke it's leg and put it to sleep
while I was on vacation I found that I was pissed off
at the world but the world didn't give a
fuck the world for all it's worth, every inch of planet earth
Pantera isn't my favorite band, but Dimebag Darrell sure can play
don't know my shit, but I know your shit, and you say it don't stink
but what the fuck is that smell anyway
my advice to you is never let someone piss you off
cause chances are one in a million that I'll give a
go fuck yourself for all you're worth
every inch of this planet earth has cynics and bastards who
need to be right, even in error
so don't even care
not worth the hair off your fat smelly lard
ass is good in tight jeans, but rarely as nice when finally seen
I'm a hell of a poet but just don't know it
I could dance underwater and never get when
but what the fuck does that mean anyway
when a gangsta rappa raps about being a veteran
and sitting in a wheelchair
when he's never seen the ghetto but raps cause he's black
history month was a couple of months ago
but then again I'm the most open minded bigot the world has ever seen
you can't disgust me, then I'd be the jerk
can't judge, just sit back and watch it all go to hell
maybe they had it right
cause darlin you might be in luck
all of this colorful hamburger train
gives me the urge to pull a gun
but then again what would WWJD?
who would drink the beer on saturday nights
and who the hell was the gunman on the grassy knoll
trolls, the underpants trolls are coming for tweek's underwear
but we all need a coffee IV to make it through the day
cause I'm just another working class whore
sits in my trig class, seat 1, row 1
front and center, private go save ryan
and then there was one thing left to say and that was
watch out for the flying monkies, they're everywhere
I found the time
To make a rhyme
So you'd fly
And I don't die
Picked up a pen
Used the voice of men
I found some joy
Such a silly boy
Now if I'm wrong
We find a bong
Now that we're apart
She broke this heart
I took a spill
I've got the will
We're so alive
Let's take a drive
You invite your God
I'll find a hot rod.