Your Life

by shawn   Feb 2, 2007


Sitting in this chair
Wondering if I dare
Open this book
Just to take a look

This book holds the secrets of my past
A scarred one that I am free from at last
Do I want to embark on this forsaken journey?
Cart my mind around likes it traveling on a gurney

As I stare at the cover it sends shivers down my back
I know I must, I will just open it a crack
Right then and there it devours my soul
Turning my eyes as black as coal

Learning of my life before this disease
With every turned page it brings on another wheeze
If I could just remember what I did to get here
Maybe it would all seem a bit more clear

As I look on from so high above
I listen to the voice of a soothing dove
He tells his friends of the most recent news
That this fellow has just been slain despite his ruse

Putting one and two together
I read the title of the book once more
And it all made sense
It read, Your Life; or at least what you made of it

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  • 17 years ago

    by Cella Bella

    I really liked this poem. Though, not all of the stanzas flowed as well as others, it was still a very good read 5/5

    marcella

  • 17 years ago

    by Rona

    I found this poem real interesting. I liked it. Just one tiny flaw I found and that is:
    "As I *stair* (stare) at the cover it sends shivers down my back"

    Overall, well done!

  • 17 years ago

    by A Christoffer

    The flow staggered a lil bit in some places but overall was put together very well. the rhyming was a bit forced but still seemed to work all right except in the last stanza where the last two lines didnt rhyme. the story in the poem was very unique. it rose questions throughout the poem as to what exactly you were talking about and when i found out at the end it really had more of an impact, i liked it; i would give it realistically a 4.6/5 but i round up so u got a 5/5

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