Do you know what it's like to always feel left out?
To wrestle every day with depressing self-doubt
When all everyone wants is just for you to leave
It makes it so hard to find the strength to believe
That you're not as bad as people say
That you're somebody worth knowing
That life doesn't always look so gray
That something good is growing
It doesn't matter if we win
All we want to do is fit in
I tried to play their games but I got burned
Not to play with fire is all that I learned
Not how to be someone who someone wants
A mistake doesn't help, it only haunts
Cause I'm just as bad as people say
Not somebody worth knowing
Life will always just look gray
Nothing good is growing
I know that I will never win
But can't I, somehow, please, fit in?
A contest entry
- CONTESTS ARE AWESOME :D by etoile.
525 points, ended September 6, 2008, 16 entries
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Comments
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Superb
Ah, I can empathize with this write. I've often felt this way before. Imagery, rhythm and rhyme are just fine. Also, the thoughts you expressed reminded me of an old Simon and Garfunkel song: "I Am a Rock".
Here's a link to the lyrics:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/I-Am-a-Rock-lyrics-Simon-and-Garfunkel/0B30FE760E5158E548256896000E708E -
Not how to be someone who someone wants
you might wanna change it so you don't say someone twice in the same ling.
rhyme isn't really my thing, but you did it really well and i actually enjoyed it.
the last stanza is really well written.. the last couple lines really made me feel your emotions.
goodluck in the contest
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I like the last two lines.
I'm not much of a fan of rhyme,
but I liked/could relate to the emotions behind the poem.
nice write.
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This has so much sadness behind the written words. if people cannot like you for who you are yourself then they are not worth knowing... it is there loss honey not yours...
good luck in the contest
cheers
Jen
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