While you have become accustomed
Im still struggle to figure out what life has in stored for me
Every morning that I get up
to go to school, hang out with friends or simply relax ...
I cant help but think what life has in stored for me next
And everyday I live life to the fullest
keeping my distance form those unneccesarry people
And when they cannot be at a distance
I just ignore them
Im living my life
And when I hear my friends laugh and my family smile
I hope to stay with my family and friends for a long while
But only God knows my destiny
So in the meanwhile I will continue to aspire
To live life like I own it
and to keep thinking What does life have for me next?
EXPLANATION:
I decided to write a poem in response to the poem "Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide" by Amiri Baraka because I feel we have completely different feelings. The poem is a depressing and suicidal poem that looks forward to death rather than life. I however on the other hand don’t focus on death but instead on life. I feel that im at a point in my life where Im eager to know what’s next for me? Suicide is the last thing on my mind. I incorporated my friends and family in the poem because they are my main reason for life. If it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be where I am today. I know im going somewhere in life but as of right now I don’t know where. During this journey I will encounter people I might not necessarily get along with or agree with but instead of focusing on the negative people in my life I will just ignore them(hint* hint* its in the poem) and focus on those who influence my life positively.
1 comment:
Dang Jannette! …. I have to read your poetry more often because on the real, you have talent. The way you made your poem flow, the structure, and the meaning behind it was tight. I like your poem because I see it in you, (your being your poem), I hear your voice through the poem. We are friends and what not(well I consider you my friend, I don’t know if you do, probably to cool for me), but out of all the time that I have know you, I have never seen this side of you, I don’t mean anything bad from this. I also was captivated by the way you view life and death, I view it the same. I don’t worry about tomorrow because we are not promised tomorrow, so I just worry about today.
P.S. I think you should post this on the lit room wall, Your background had me trippen when I was trying to read ur poem, Keep writing, I aint lien, you got skills
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