These Are My Life - Series of Poems

[TealBox]

I'm currently working on a series of 18 poems. Each poem will represent a different one of my friends. I've currently finished 3 of them. I just thought I'd post these here as I write them since I haven't been on that much in the past.

[glow=green,2,300]"Let's Travel America without the Annoying M"

You silly little girl
Where is your Delaware?
Your state so boring
That only historians care
I stand before your Alaska
And hear your Arizona was great
From so many expatriates
Who are now filled with hate
I wish I could plot a map
To a world that didn't pain ya
Fill in the faded trail
Between Utah and Pennsylvania
The entire south of North Dakota
And 94 percent of Ohio
Those in the east of West Virginia
We all just want to know
Who are you really?
At the core of your Kansas
From the tip of your Texas
And the rest of that land mass
Who are you really?
At the top of you Washington
Glowing in the New York moon
Growing in the Nevada sun
When'd you turn to New Jersey?
To Georgia to Connecticut
And Colorado/South Dakota/Idaho
Is where you ended up
I want to hear your Illi-noise
I want to Tennes-see your flower's thorns
I might check out your Iowa
Though I know all I'll find is corn
Let's make a phone call in Virginia
We'll send an e-mail to Kentucky
And we can smoke signal California
To meet Dr. Jones in Indiana if we're lucky
Hop on a plane to Nebraska
Take a road trip to Rhode Island
Badger a badger in Wisconsin
Land North Carolina to make castles from sand
I want to see how you went from South Carolina and Louisiana
All the way up to Arkansas and Oregon
Let's meet you, little girl
Let's travel America without the annoying M
So have fun inside your Florida
Maybe listen to 'Float On''s side B
Let's give the kids something to scream about
When you unionize Hawaii[/glow]

[glow=purple,2,300]"The Boy Who Hacked the Moon"

The world is f**king falling apart!
Cupid's stabbed Hefner strait in his heart
And the waves from the moon's crash have toppled giraffes
But there's one boy on Earth who sees this and laughs

He's the boy who hacked the moon
He's the boy who flooded the sun
He's sent millions to their dooms
And he's done it all for fun

No one is safe from his all seeing eyes
No corners, no bushes, no where left to hide
Gates is now a bum, and the bums are putting up gates
They're best at living like this and refuse to feel your hate
He's the general to the fort
He's the law to the court
He's the king to the people
He's the god to the steeple

All hail the boy who hacked the moon
All hail the boy who flooded the sun
Let's all march chaotically to our doom
And let us do it for his fun

He stands above us all
And smiles as the old world fall
And as his alarm clock screams
He tries to not let go of his dreams[/glow]

[glow=blue,2,300]"The Jack to My Meg"

You're creative, from abnormal houses
We love like siblings, fight like ex-spouses
You'll take the world by surprise
You'll play the music they thought had died
No matter where you go
I want you to know
I'll be the drummer in your band

Together we'll fight gasoline
And cover Dolly Parton's 'Jolene'
Write a song about a little squirrel
Point out differences between boys and girls
Resurrect Dutch schools of art
Make a show and play our parts
No matter where you go
I want you to know
I'll be the drummer in your band

We toy with anger and innocence
Striped around us like a peppermint
Ask the villains to please repent
With the clumsy grace of an elephant
And say, 'Get behind me,' to the prince of Hell
We're protected by our white blood cells
Addicted to coffee and cigarettes
Back on the day when we first met
Told you, 'I'll be your Meg, you be my Jack'
No matter where you go I'll have your back
And when the world changes I'll let you nag
You be my Jack, I'll be your Meg
I'll be the drummer in your band[/glow]

[tjaman]

I'm finally getting to leave, so forgive the brevity.

I like the first one. I thought it was clever if dragged along a little by an uncompromising rhyme scheme.

I ... didn't get the second one.

Number three I loved -- just loved -- but then I'm a fan. ;D

Thanks for sharing them, Teal, and have a great weekend.

Stop being such a stranger.

[quantumcat]

Amazing poems,Teal.

and you DO need to be seen more.

[TealBox]

[glow=limegreen,2,300]"Does Anyone Know Your Name?"

Anyone who has a home doesn't know what having a home is like
Anyone who's had a meal doesn't know what it means to be fed
Anyone who's seen the sky doesn't know of the color blue
Anyone who knows your name may be quiet or may be dead

We can't see where you're going
We can't see where you're from
Just glimpses and glitters
But never their sum
I don't care where you're going
I don't care where you're from
The stars and the litter
Have all become one

Anyone who has never been lied to has never heard the truth
Anyone who isn't colorblind has never seen a shade of red
Anyone who was born on the earth has never felt the ground
I just may know your name, but then I'm quiet or I'm dead[/glow]

[Charisma69]

I really like the first one, it was pretty cute.

I loved the last three. They were awesome! They should be made into songs.

*I'm too hungry for detailed analysis at the moment. I'm waiting for my sister to get to town - I'm going out to eat with her when she arrives - and I haven't eaten yet today.*

[TealBox]

I now have 5 down and 13 left to go.

[glow=yellow,2,300]"The Lengths It Takes"

If I bow to you
Will you please forgive me?
Will you light the way?
Will you please forgive me?
Because I can't see you
Will you please forgive me?
I can't live this way
Will you please forgive me?

I've walked a damn long road to find out how to become whole
I pace the streets at night trying to slay monsters in my soul
My reflection I can't face, because it always turns its back on me
I've payed the price too many times for something that is free
My chest is freezing ice though my feet are planted in hot coal

These are the lengths it takes
These are the lengths it takes to upset me
To scorch me
To scar me
To bury me
These are the lengths it takes to kill me
To bind me
To blind me
To torture me
These are the lengths it takes to make me feel envy

If I bow to you
Will you please forgive me?
Will you light the way?
Will you please forgive me?
Because I can't see you
Will you please forgive me?
I can't live this way
Will you please forgive me?[/glow]

[quantumcat]

that last poem sears the soul.
it's incredible....

[Charisma69]

* lighter for the last poem*

That. Was. Awesome!

[tjaman]

What Rob Thomas couldn't do with that last one ...

* lighter *

[TealBox]

I went to Yearbook Camp for four days, so I wasn't able to write anything for this series at that time (waking up at 6, going to bed at 11, classes and meals thrown everywhere, you know). Anyways, here is the next entry.

[glow=red,2,300]"So Long"

I guess it was in sixth grade
When for the very first time we met each other
We were so close for so long
Now you have an eleven digit phone number

So where'd it all go?
Where are you now, my old friend?
Have I been left alone?
Or was I alone to begin?

I've heard rumors about you
I hate to hear what they have said
I know you're just lonely
You're sleeping, but you have no bed

So where'd it all go?
Where are you now, my old friend?
Have I been left alone?
Or was I alone to begin?

We were so close for so long
I just refuse to say goodbye
You'll never be gone
So no one needs to cry
Since we've last seen each other
It has been so long
But you are still my brother
So I won't ever say so long[/glow]

[quantumcat]

another good one.....

don't give up on your friend.

you could have years of
separation/estrangement
then pick up right where
you left off on your best day.

some days,life just takes you
on divergent paths.

the important things (like love)
persist.

[TealBox]

[glow=black,2,300]"The Girls Who Dress All in Black Aren’t Doing It for You"
Let the bad music play
Let the sky turn to gray
Let the hungry wolves bay
'Cause I know that it's okay
For things to never be okay

Let the hopeless kids pray
Let the poor people pay
Let the blizzards come this May
'Cause I know this is just the way
That we can never get our way

So I'm not your man
And I don't have your back
At least we'll always have
Those girls dressed in black
The leaves die in fall
And your deck has lost some spades
At least we have the darkness
'Cause their color never fades

New swing, new porch, new door
Same as it ever was before
Just like in 2004
Just like in 1994
Just like in 1984
Just like in 1974
Just like in 1964
Take all you want, there will never be more

Well if you lose a cub
You'll lose the pack
But the world will never lose
Those girls dressed in black[/glow][glow=orange,2,300]

"Steven Randolph and the Half-Blood Pants"
I think a little bit of all of us
Needs to be a hero some days
I think that no one on Earth
Spends there whole day on Earth
And I don't think there is an exception to this rule
Not a single one at all

It was a day like any other
As he walked through the mall
Racks of clothes around him
Making rows of cloth-made walls
When suddenly a tiny glimmer came to view
And the faintest voice made its call
“Steven, I need you”

Isn't it all just kind of funny?
How adventures will sneak up on us
The next time you trip it is just a giant leap
The next time you leap you never come down
It is built into every single one of us
You could never deny it

Our young friend, Steve, was intrigued so
Who ever could this be that called his name?
He ran towards to old glimmer
Surely it and the voice were the same
It felt like his heart was full of ants
Furious and refusing to be tame
When he set his eyes on those wonderful pants

It shows up in the most ordinary scenes
Household objects are amazing portals
And you feel so childish
But then you grow up
Because I think growing up
Means realizing how little we ever grow

“I can make them love you, Steven
You'll be the greatest man ever”
So Steve bought those pants
And what they promised they delivered
30 girls were in his grasp within that first week
The beast that plagued him had its head severed
And forever after that his life was sweet

It's a funny little world we live it
It's the one we aren't standing in that is always bigger
We don't have the fantasies to dull our pain
We have pain to remind us to make our fantasies real
It's the kindest trick that was ever played
And it's played on us every day

It was a day like any other
As he walked through the mall
Racks of clothes around him
Making rows of cloth-made walls
When suddenly a tiny glimmer burned the air
Steve took a breath and stood up tall
And saw the sun light reflecting off a cute girl's hair[/glow]

[tjaman]

That was some really cool imagery, Teal.

Well done.

[quantumcat]

bravo!

[TealBox]

After Steve read it he told me it was beautiful and he cried. I'm not sure if he was joking or not. He's the kind of guy where neither answer would surprise you.