i remember back when we were young
i bought you something nice
yet asked you to repay me
but you said hey, what for?
i wouldnt mind so much
if sometimes you said
"hey jess can i help you."
or "jess, i care"
i give you something
but you say i didnt
i let you use something
yet you say nah-uh
i wouldnt mind so much
if sometimes you said
"hey jess can i help you"
or "jess, i care"
sometimes i explode
but im ~very sorry~ for letting you see
just how much i loathe the way you act
and that i hate the way you treat me
i wouldnt mind so much
if sometimes you said
"hey jess can i help you"
or "jess, i care"
you wonder why i shout
why i scream and cry at night
although of course you dont know this
why should you know how horrid you can be?
i wouldnt mind so much
if sometimes you said
"hey jess can i help you"
or "jess, i care"
i supose you dont realise
but im different from you
i dont like the same kinds of things
and i dont put on a show
i wouldnt mind so much
if sometimes you said
"hey jess can i help you"
or "jess, i care"
if you knew what im going through
you would stop, and wonder
why you are not
a kind supporting brother
i wouldnt mind so much
if sometimes you said
"hey jess can i help you."
or "jess, i care"
people say "oh yeah, i have problems too"
i just wanna yell "well thats okay,
alright for you, you're not the happy one."
the happy one who'snot allowed to cry
i wouldnt mind so much
if sometimes you said
"hey jess can i help you"
or "jess, i care"
you might think well i hate my brother
but you clearly dont understand
its not bout the things he does
but what he dosent say or do
i wouldnt mind so much
if sometimes you said
"hey jess can i help you"
or "jess, i care"
if you never say you love me
how do i know you care
if you never see my cry,
how can you comfort me?
i wouldnt mind so much
if sometimes you said
"hey jess can i help you"
or "jess, i care"
but as you never say
or do those things
then what does that say about me?
it shows i care
i wouldnt mind so much
if even ONCE you said
"jess you're the best"
or "jess, well done
A contest entry
- Whatcha got now? by Southern Darling.
700 points, ended January 1, 2008, 35 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
yeah... wierd huh im such a "happy" person
Comments
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Food for thought... Indeed... It gets really repetitive though. I found myself skipping verses, which is something you really don't want. All that's necessary to get your point across is that refrain twice. That's it.
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awwww
Your brother must be really upsetting. Good poem though.


