Playing the guitar makes you look appealing.
Playing football makes you look tough.
Playing the piano makes you look talented.
I wish someone would have warned me that writing poetry
makes you look depressed.

i joke about being sad.
it's what people want to hear
people like to laugh.
So if i say that every day i'm disappointed in myself
that i don't have friends
that people don't like me
that i want this to end
i might be joking.
just remember:
sometimes there is truth in jest.

I am the unnoticed.
I am the clover growing under a rose bush.
The soft wisps of cloud above the tornado.
I am the rough draft, a light pencil sketch of the final picture that is on the next page.
I am the unnoticed.
Never belting the solo.
Always the shortest standing in the back of the soli.
Never achieving the dream of getting the lead.
Always blending into the background.
Only, when will this play end?

why does everyone want life to be simple?
have they ever actually lived?
life will always be complicated. no matter how hard you try
people will think their day was
long,
tiring,
busy,
and we need those days
because without them,
the joyful ones aren't as filled with joy
and the happy ones seem to have more tears.

people always tell you to surround yourself with good people.
I guess I chose my friends too well,
since I can now never view myself as
talented enough,
nice enough,
or even just
good enough.
how can I see myself as a person worth their friendship
when they're too good to have to deal with someone
like me?

You say she is your best friend...
Is that why she forgot you?

whenever i start something, i always hear from loved ones
all the negatives about it.
after listening to them, i tell myself that i won't let myself
be like all the bad things in what i want to do.
i won't let myself fall into the hole of wanting to be like everyone else
before i even realize that i want to.
eventually i realize that people don't want my opinion.
they want to see the same thing
over
and
over
and
over
again.
it's appealing to see new names next to it.
i don't have enough self confidence to stand for what i want to do.
i have needed to believe in myself for a long time now,
maybe my entire life.
before recently, i didn't need to answer the question
"how much am i worth"
because before i knew it there was an auction.
i'm for sale.
people are looking at me.
and the auctioneer's numbers keep getting
smaller
and
smaller
and
smaller.
i'm taking a stand.
i'm not for sale.
if you want me, i will give you all i am,
but only if you do the same.

i showed my mother
a very short poem that i found here.
she said that it doesn't make sense,
why would you call just a couple of words poetry?
then i realized and explained to her what poetry is......
poetry doesn't have to be this long, over-dramatic, overly poetic piece of literature.
it just has to be what you feel.
it doesn't matter if it's good or not.
it doesn't even matter if it makes sense to people.
all that matters is that you have successfully said your thoughts and emotions.
and if someone sees it and is inspired to write some long sonnet,
then that's great.
if it doesn't, it doesn't matter
because poetry is the art of sharing how you feel
and inspiring others to do so, too.

Has anyone else realized that they can’t write funny things anymore?
Or is it just me?

these are two words i have been telling myself
since day one.
they never seem to be enough