So it Goes

by Sean Allen   Apr 29, 2005


They say everyone has
their own road to walk
but, you know, sometimes
I think we're all alone,
just stumbling along
I guess, in our own forests
and they're all wrong
because there are absolutely
no paths at all
and we're lost.

Lost in our minds
and in our emotions.
We're trapped, all alone.
No one to turn to except ourselves
for the strength, courage, and hope
which we gave each other.
How can we leave our past behind?
We've grown so much
and we've done it together.
How can we part ways?

I've always felt we were secret brothers,
denounced separately from society
as outcasts, but we found each other.
Sharing moments time cannot comprehend;
blind leading the blind in sunshine.
I guess you caught your sight because you left
when you found your road without me.
Eternally lost for a moment of
belonging, leaving no tears of regret
as I'm left standing alone in the night.

Being alone has
left us for the better.
Sharing a soul, as Lennon said
and everyone knows,
"I am he as
you are he as
you are me as
we are all together,"
which is why we can't
ever stay together.
I guess, suppose, who knows
we're separate; dissevered.
And everyone,
now I know that,
well, we're lost,
lost in our forests
forever.

Edit: This poem was written by my two friends and I. You can find the friends on this site under the names of Aken Sol and Lance Hardy. Lance Hardy was responsible for the 2nd stanza, Aken Sol the 3rd. The first and last belong to yours truly.

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  • 18 years ago

    by sibyllene

    I like how it was sort of a stream-of-consciousness deal. it sounds like someone talking naturally and openly. it makes for a different style.

  • 18 years ago

    by Natalie

    This was pretty good. But, All the stanza's look different from each other? I don't know if you three did that on purpose or not though.

    I really liked this part though..

    "which we gave each other.
    How can we leave our past behind?
    We've grown so much
    and we've done it together.
    How can we part ways?"

    I thought it was good! 5/5 =)

    `Taleee. xx.

  • 18 years ago

    by Amanda

    Awesome job. I loved the way you set the peom out and it had a great structure to it. I thought it was full of emotion and the reader can feel the poem which makes it extra good to read. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this piece of work :)

  • 18 years ago

    by Megann Lee

    I like the thought of this poem. I've tried writting poems with my friends, they didn't turn out as good as this, not even close. So thumbs up to you. I enjoyed reading it though it was slightly long, none the less I liked it.

  • 18 years ago

    by Darien

    A very nice collaboration. It was really hard to tell where you guys split off. The flow of this poem was great, and it seemed like one writer. You guys did good, and I liked the topic of lonliness. It was ironic to read that friends wrote a poem on lonliness. Lol, good job to the 3 of you.