({(Graduation Ending Speech)})
First I'd like to thank all of you for coming
You rushed around, found some of you running
Stressed out all morning getting ready for today
Just to watch your kids get some paper and graduate
Sitting out in this blistering sun with no wind
No worries, sunburns will be the new trend
I'm sure most of you are oblivious to our truths
You'd be surprised when you find out what we do
I stand before you today wearing this long robe thing
I've got a secret to tell you, your ears will ring
It's bound to happen sooner or later you know
Might as well get it out and put on a show
Beneath this silk, my skin sheds blood
A river of failure, my soul is a dud
Just before coming up, I sinned one thousand times
Now I'm burning into you all with these rhymes
I've secluded myself from these classmates of mine
Stood in the bathroom stall, cut most of the time
Wouldn't lie, most of them made me cry all night
Yet I still keep showing up the next day without a fight
I'll cut this speech short, like I've done to myself
Everyone can think about their self worth and wealth
Rearrange their thoughts, wonder what's going on
Make these words into my last thoughts song
I always told everyone I'd go out with a bang.
({(She steps out from behind the podium. Disrobes herself as she stands in her underwear and bra. The only thing the crowd can see is red seeping from her skin. She reaches into the podium, grabs the gun, turns around to face her class and screams "TO THE CLASS OF 2008. CONGRATULATIONS" She raised the gun... and as she promised, she went out with a bang.)})
Author notes
I think it's pretty hXc. Could you imagine it?
A contest entry
- several choices by theflamepoetess.
450 points, ended April 23, 2008, 6 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Wow, there's so much truth here. Love your gritty honesty. Just don't shoot yourself. Seriously. But congrats on a stunning and striking piece that doesn't hide from the truth. Bravo!
~M~
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that's intense. it made me sad!
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O my god.. sammy this sent shivers down m spine...
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...? i want a story....*sniff*
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well if its ok id like to know it cuz its a good one
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its just a random story i wrote for this contest.
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ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO DO THIS?! but it was good O.o lol
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lol no. it's just a story.
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WONDERFUL
this is great i love poems with such emotion and depth and the ending was just superb the best of luck in the contest
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