Confusing
Poem
The Poem
"Once in a while you meet
someone, and soon
you both discover the two of you are
truly
something special to each other. . .
You share your thoughts and feelings
so
relaxed, so openly, and right away
you
know your friendship's truly meant to
be."-----
Life isn't about keeping score.
It's not about how many friends you
have
Or how accepted you are.
Not about if you have plans this
weekend or if you're alone.
It isn't about who you're dating, who
you used to date, how many
people
you've dated, or if you haven't been
with anyone at all.
It isn't about who you have kissed,
It's not about sex.
It isn't about who your family is or
how much money they have
Or what kind of car you drive.
Or where you are sent to school.
It's not about how beautiful or ugly
you are.
Or what clothes you wear, what shoes
you have on, or what kind of
music
you listen to.
It's not about if your hair is
blonde, red, black, or brown
Or if your skin is too light or too
dark.
Not about what grades you get, how
smart you are, how smart
everybody
else thinks you are, or how smart
standardized tests say you are.
It's not about what clubs you're in
or how good you are at "your"
sport.
It's not about representing your
whole being on a piece of paper
and
seeing who will "accept the
written you."
LIFE JUST ISN'T.
But, life is about who you love and
who you hurt.
It's about who you make happy or
unhappy purposefully.
It's about keeping or betraying
trust.
It's about friendship, used as a
sanctity or a weapon.
It's about what you say and mean,
maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.
About starting rumors and
contributing to petty gossip.
It's about what judgments you pass
and why. And who your judgments
are spread to.
It's about who you've ignored with
full control and intention.
It's about jealousy, fear, ignorance,
and revenge.
It's about carrying inner hate and
love, letting it grow, and
spreading it.
But most of all, it's about using
your life to touch or poison
other
people's hearts in such a way that
could have never occurred alone.
Only you choose the way those hearts
are affected, and those
choices are
what life's all about.
Subj: my take on that idiotic
poem..(I'm talking to the writer)
Date: 98-02-14 17:00:10 EST
All these isn't (however) DO make you
the person you are..either directly or indirectly.. "It's not about representing your
whole being on a piece of paper and seeing who will "accept the written you."
um..duh- if it isn't who will accept this 'other you' as much as it is "who will
accept the (fucking) truth" "But, life is about who you love and who you
hurt." Whatever..if you're always looking at the past (who you hurt) then consider
you're future fucked up.."It's about who you make happy or unhappy
purposefully." geez..whoever wrote this is never gonna get on with life...why dwell
on the bad things in life...?? just go kill yourself..or write in a diary..oh, that's
right-this person doesn't believe in that.nevermind "It's about keeping or betraying
trust." yeah..well have you kept every secret in your life boyscout? "It's about
friendship, used as a sanctity or a weapon." friends-haha..you picked em..SO
THERE!"It's about what you say and mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening." I
have advice for you- Don't take everything so seriously!I wonder if ya can take a
joke..."About starting rumors and contributing to petty gossip."yeah that's a
problem..but I think you forgot that your this line is supposed to have a good part in
it.."It's about what judgments you pass and why." no..its more like what you
feel and think.. "And who your judgments are spread to." if you're gonna pass
judgment then you should be proud of it..not waiting to see if oh..Does Suzy agree w/it??
"It's about who you've ignored with full control and intention." yeah..that's
kinda the point of ignoring someone..and maybe you have a good reason to.."It's about
jealousy, fear, ignorance, and revenge." DEATHWISH!! Yeah..and look at all those
starving kids in Africa!"It's about carrying inner hate and love, letting it grow,
and spreading it." spreading it where? to other people? didn't you already try to
make that point? and isn't that kinda personal? I mean if its inner hate who's gonna want
to share that w/you? you'd just get pissed off.."But most of all, it's about using
your life to touch or poison other people's hearts in such a way that could have never
occurred alone." D-E-N-I-A-L..you can poison yourself just as easily..."Only you
choose the way those hearts are affected, and those choices are what life's all
about." oh..gee thanx for changing my life..and showing me how to be just like you!
perfect! I must try to make friends with all the killers and perverts..and always be
self-conscious about not hurting anyone..and I won't play sports or join clubs or have
fun..or go shopping..JUST CUZ YOU SAID SO! NOT! this whole thing was such bullshit..why
don't they talk more about not being racist or saving the planet..or peace instead of
war..or how technology will kill us..or how to be better people and to be the best at
whatever we do in life..is what life is about..not having sex with every guy in town so
the other guys won't be hurt..SO I SAY TO THIS POEM..FUCK YOU!!!! Bye forever..and i never
want another poem like that again...LJ
Subj: Re: my take on that
idiotic poem..(I'm talking to the writer)
Date: 98-02-14 17:54:55 EST
Hey you... I went back and I read
that poem (I never did before coz I thought I was kinda stupid, but I hadn't looked at it
the way you did...till now) I see what you're saying... what you said was true but ya
know.. its kinda harsh on the writer of the poem... but whatever... I see that there's the
good and the bad.. but human nature has created this negative thingy where is like all we
think about... no ones perfect and that's the beauty of it... (not that I don't agree with
you, I do.. confused with a bit o' it so I'm not sure that I agree with all of it, just
coz I didn't understand it all, how it all related to the poem (that's coz I don't get the
poem, I still look at it with questions, what's the point??).. but otherwise, what I
understood was quite interesting)... perhaps you yourself shouldn't dwell upon what some
idiot says... I doubt that you are, I figure that you just wanted to tell people what's on
your mind and stuff.. so there's no worry.. but that was cool... I'm probably not making
any sense, coz I just got confused..
~TEEN~
Subj: continued... Date: 98-02-15
09:39:39 EST
so I saw that judgment thing and cuz
he probably knows i hate him I thought Hmmm...he thinks that that isn't what life is about
and that I should be nice to him and not want to kill him..and oh..isn't that sweet? too
bad he hates me too..hypocrite..ginga lynn speaks her words o' wisdom...yup..I think what
she says fits this kinda poem.. (refers to Ginger's response to "mail to the
world" where she's telling me how hypocritical I was being...) HYPOCRITES! how can
anyone not be greedy, not hate anyone, not FORGIVE anyone, not ignore anyone, and not be a
hypocrite..that's a lot of bullshit..cuz everyone does it..whether they mean to or not
they do...so I just think the whole thing was kinda based on an idealistic world where
everybody loves everybody and where everybody is equal--which is kinda communist...but
that's enough..of that..LJ
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