Posted by brian on June 1, 2000, at 14:46:35
In reply to Re: amateur poet night (okay, morning)...., posted by Adam on June 1, 2000, at 14:31:51
> Cool! Is this a Slam?
>
> > It's Kath's fault, she asked for it(thanks, Kath!)
> >
> > (ahem, mimimimimiii) Two original poems, by CarolAnn
> >
> >
> > Art
> >
> > Do not question the ebb and the flow,
> > of heartache, of pain, of innermost woe.
> >
> > As with tools of the sculptor, they are not meant to scar.
> > but to chip away excess, to reveal who we are.
> >
> > For true beauty does lie under the skin,
> > and takes labor and strain to bring out from within.
> >
> >
> > Life?
> >
> > For some time now life's been gettin' me down,
> > and I wonder if it's ever gonna turn around.
> >
> > Then I ask myself a question I can see,
> > is it life that needs changein', or is it me?
> >
> > And I'm afraid of the changes I want to make,
> > and I'm afraid of the steps I want to take.
> >
> > Grim Reaper won't stop playin' games with my mind,
> > but if go I his way, I leave too much behind.
> >
> > So I keep on and on, climbin' up this hill,
> > 'cause I can find the way, if I can find the will.
> >
> > It's so damn hard though, man it's so damn hard.
> > It's like movin' up an inch, slidin' back a yard.
> >
> > But no one ever promised life was easy,
> > and when they said that life was fair, I guess they lied.
> > It's up to me to find the joy in living,
> > the alternative is.............suicide.
> >
> > An that's not the kind of change I want to make,
> > most definitly not the step I want to take.
> >
> >
> > There ya go! CarolAnnA poetry slam on Psyco-babble? Now there's a concept!
I love it when truth rhymes! Great stuff, CarolAnn.
poster:brian
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