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gozaggss
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since 2006-04-26
Posts 33


0 posted 2007-04-29 11:45 PM


FALLING

No matter how hard I try
I can’t seem to find my groove
Stuck in traffic going opposite direction
Faster than wind can move.

Bewildered and dazed
I fly through the turns
With audacious temerity
My energy burns

Growing up is hard
We say everyday
Empty bottles held in hand
We swagger and sway

Regret fills my past emotions
But good times as well
“Good times bring bad ones”, my brother announced
And that is how I fell

I try to keep positive
Thinking of what’s to come
I can’t wait to leave this house
And finally become someone

To stretch my wings a little bit
I think that’s all I need
Live somewhere far, far away
And finally plant my seed

But I’m not free…
CAGED


Don’t take me
In the car and put me in the backseat.
I want to see the world
Through the eyes of someone,
Someone who decides for himself.
A driver’s sight.
I’m aware.
But only of the seat back staring at me.
Sitting in the middle, hating what I see.
Let me see more than just
What you want me to see.
Is it so damaging to see
“Bad” things
That you would give

Anything

To keep me

Caged?

Because I would give

Anything

Just to be

Free
FRIENDS

When no one seems to love you most
Your friends are always very close.
When you make your screech and crash
They will be your crutch and cast.
When you cry and feel like caving in
They’ll hug away your greatest sin
And when you fall
They’ll be at the phone to get your call.
And when you stumble and hurt your head
They’ll be right there by your bed.
And when you stumble and hurt your heart
They’ll be right there from the start.
And when you finally give up the fight
They’ll be the first and last to say goodnight
When you need your friends the very most
They’ll always be very close.
Because they need you too.


PURGE

My mind is no longer in turmoil
I can’t explain what happened
I don’t know how or why
But I’m no longer feeling saddened


GREEN GROWING STALKS

Green Growing Stalks
SIDEWAYS
But it’s ok
Because they’re green
And it doesn’t matter why
Because they’re growing
And I’m fine with it
Because nothing stalks me anymore


CHAOGICAL

Dotted 8th, 8th note
Dotted 8th, dotted 8th
16th note, dotted 16th
All the same time in 5/7 signature
Everything seems to drag, but it doesn’t
Accidentals of F#, D#, and G#
But skipping C completely
Accidentals in Eb, Db, and Ab
Skipping B completely
Confusion around
Nothing makes sense
But it’s alright. It all sounds natural
Even though nothing is.
Just don’t think and it all fades
Away…


FLOAT

Sometimes
The only way you can go is up
And sometimes
You just feel like floating


UPRISING

I think I need a break soon
Stress is taking over
My life is rapid running dry
No more four-leaf clover

Everyday is a roller coaster
I get over one thing
To be set upon by another
What will my future bring?

I’m approached from all sides
By No-mans-land
Not sure what to do anymore
Fight it or just wash my hand?

War drums pound from the front seats
And arrows fly east to west
Each one trying to prove
That their way is the best

Caught in the back seat
Sitting in the middle
Sits I lonely and afeared
Of every arrow, sharp and near

Caught in the middle
Of a parental civil war
Over how to raise a 17 year old “child”
This all just makes a head sore

(or maybe walk out the door)
Maybe that’s what I should do
That’ll teach them both a lesson
Maybe they’d like it too

I can’t thought
These fights are over me
How would they react
If from a mediators place I flee?

I guess it could be worse…
I could be the one fighting
But I don’t want any war. Period
But it’s my fuse they’re lighting

I’m feeling stretched out too far
They drive me further everyday
I can’t take much more of this
They drive me further everyday

I need a change of scenery
I need to get out of this town
Maybe fly to the moon and take a nap
Whilst no one else is around

What’s it like to truly be free?
And fly far far away
See what you want to see
To slide away from the fray

Is it calm and serene?
Or like music from a song?
Can you do what you want there?
Is that what it’s like to belong?

What if I do walk then?
What if I simply wander off?
Will I get caught or will I be happy?
Or will people just scoff?

Being a teen
Is a lot like being in A.A.
Only no one has a sponser
And no one will ever stay

Will it ever end?
I don’t want to be a teen
Maybe we need a civil rights revolution
Because we’re all being starved lean

Our lives aren’t ruined
Just fundamentally altered
It doesn’t make life impossible, just difficult
That’s why so many of us faltered

We can survive
Just we need some change
We need to belong somewhere
And not be estranged

Leave us alone a little
Give us a chance
To date without a parental parrot on our shoulder
And just take us to a dance

Let us sleep in on a Saturday
And stay up late on Friday
Let us make our own good or bad choices
And go out when we may

If you give us a little freedom
We’ll grow up the very best way
Best for us, best for you, best for everyone
And then we’ll stay…


BREATH

Nothing in life is certain
Except for death
So live life the way you want to
Enjoy Every.Single.Breath


I'M SORRY

The final resolving peak
Has been climbed at last
I’m at peace right now
I’ve finally finished my task

I stamp my foot
On the warming ground
Because I think I like it
That final, resolving sound

My foot falls
Where no one has tread before
Just that thought alone
That keeps me from being sore

I sit and take out my journal
That these words now lay upon
Read all that I have written
And how I came along

Many hours fill up many pages
Many emotions as well
Reading back on how I felt…
I was in a bad place, I could tell

Some good moods
But most were bad
Then I realized how rapid they changed
Like passing fashionable fads

Or like how my life
Was much alike a song
A very downbeat one, I noted
Very sad, alone, and long

The energy rose after a while
I think I was finding me
Then tensions rose a little bit
I was as insane sounding as I could be

It resolved like all songs do
And I’m eternally grateful
I wrote a little more
And found myself a lull

That’s when I began to climb
Or “float” as I put it
I slowly began to realize the truth
And had my final little fit

After so much fighting
I thought that I’d be tired
But it had the opposite effect
I smiled and admired

The struggles made me stronger
And victories gifted strength
I looked back and gave my blessings
To its glorious struggling length

I’ll forgive my parents
They’re doing what they think best
I’ll trust them a little bit more
And give this fight a rest

If I show them how I changed
Will I get freedom that way?
“Maybe it’s worth a shot” I think
As I turn to them and say

“I’m sorry”

© Copyright 2007 gozaggss - All Rights Reserved
unholyjudgement
Member
since 2007-02-27
Posts 116
Wherever my soul takes me next
1 posted 2007-04-30 02:28 PM


Very nice. The ending really wrapped the entire this up. I thought this was just superb, really worth reading through, and a little rough. I hope u dont mind me saying that although it was brilliant it seemed dis orderly at first. Kind of like you jammed a few things in there. in particular the GREEN GROWING STALKS section. Idk maybe im wrong. maybe that one and the next stuck out for me because i dident really understand them. they dident really seem to fit in. Sorry im starting to ramble. Please tell me what the stalks section and the one after that meant to you. I think that would really clear things up. Thanks
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My mind is like lightning
One brilliant flash and its gone

gozaggss
Junior Member
since 2006-04-26
Posts 33

2 posted 2007-04-30 09:10 PM


it was a series of 10 poems i wrote in one day. each poem is just how i felt at each point. from near suicidal to rambling crazy to anger to acceptance. it was a tough day. but writing it all down helped alot.

The Green Growing Stalks was just something in one of my weird rambling nonsense moods. nothing really made any sense. stuff came at me sideways. but i realized that i was ok with it. because it all had a silver lining

unholyjudgement
Member
since 2007-02-27
Posts 116
Wherever my soul takes me next
3 posted 2007-05-03 09:15 AM


how often those are those the best. Well i really liked your work and was just wondering and well thank you. Ive never been so speechless

My mind is like lightning
One brilliant flash and its gone

rebel~angel
Member
since 2006-06-20
Posts 71
Iowa USA
4 posted 2007-05-05 08:52 PM


That was amazing!  Even though it was really long, I could not stop reading it.  It really has a rhythm or something...I liked it!

Remember:Tuck your chin, you're going to get hurt, so expect it and be ready. You might as well see it coming.
-Elizabeth Haydon, Requiem for the Sun

rhia_5779
Senior Member
since 2006-06-09
Posts 1334
California
5 posted 2007-05-07 01:33 PM


I think this is brilliant but it def needs to be tightened and if they are seperate they don't need to be together these are personally the bits I think you should stick with and maybe try to use to tighten it up.

Regret fills my past emotions
But good times as well
“Good times bring bad ones”, my brother announced
And that is how I fell

I try to keep positive
Thinking of what’s to come
I can’t wait to leave this house
And finally be someone

To stretch my wings a little bit
I think that’s all I need
Live somewhere, far away
And finally plant my seed

Don’t take me
In the car and put me in the backseat.
I want to see the world
Through the eyes of someone,
Someone who decides for himself.
A driver’s sight.
I’m aware.
But only of the seat back staring at me.
Sitting in the middle, hating what I see.
Let me see more than just
What you want me to see.
Is it so damaging to see
“Bad” things
That you would give

When no one seems to love you most
Your friends are always close.
When you make your screech and crash
They will be your crutch and cast.
When you cry and feel like caving in
They’ll hug away your greatest sin
And when you fall
They’ll be at the phone to get your call.
And when you stumble and hurt your head
They’ll be right there by your bed.
And when you stumble and hurt your heart
They’ll be right there from the start.
And when you finally give up the fight
They’ll be the first and last to say goodnight
When you need your friends the very most
They’ll always be very close.
Because they need you too.

GREEN GROWING STALKS

Green Growing Stalks
SIDEWAYS
But it’s ok
Because they’re green
And it doesn’t matter why
Because they’re growing
And I’m fine with it
Because nothing stalks me anymore


CHAOGICAL

Dotted 8th, 8th note
Dotted 8th, dotted 8th
16th note, dotted 16th
All the same time in 5/7 signature
Everything seems to drag, but it doesn’t
Accidentals of F#, D#, and G#
But skipping C completely
Accidentals in Eb, Db, and Ab
Skipping B completely
Confusion around
Nothing makes sense
But it’s alright. It all sounds natural
Even though nothing is.
Just don’t think and it all fades
Away…


FLOAT

Sometimes
The only way you can go is up
And sometimes
You just feel like floating


UPRISING

I think I need a break soon
Stress is taking over
My life is rapid running dry
No more four-leaf clover

Everyday is a roller coaster
I get over one thing
To be set upon by another
What will my future bring?
War drums pound from the front seats
And arrows fly east to west
Each one trying to prove
That ?_they are _? best
*poss correction

Caught in the back seat
Sitting in the middle


I can’t thing
These fights are over me
How would they react
If from a mediators place I flee?

I guess it could be worse…
I could be the one fighting
But I don’t want any war. Period
But it’s my fuse they’re lighting

I’m feeling stretched out too far
They drive me further everyday
I can’t take much more of this
They drive me further everyday

I need a change of scenery
I need to get out of this town
Maybe fly to the moon and take a nap
Whilst no one is around

What’s it like to truly be free?
And fly far far away
See what you want to see
To slide *far) from the fray

Is it calm and serene?
Or like music from a song?
Can you do what you want there?
Is that what it’s like to belong?

What if I do walk then?
What if I simply wander off?
Will I get caught or will I be happy?
Or will people just scoff?

Being a teen
Is a lot like being in A.A.
Only no one has a sponser
And no one will ever stay


Our lives aren’t ruined
Just fundamentally altered
It doesn’t make life impossible, just difficult
That’s why so many of us faltered
*like it but faltered?

We can survive
Just we need some change
We need to belong somewhere
And not be estranged

Let us sleep in on a Saturday
And stay up late on Friday
Let us make our own good or bad choices
And go out when we may

If you give us a little freedom
We’ll grow up the very best way
Best for us, best for you, best for everyone
And then we’ll stay…


BREATH

Nothing in life is certain
Except for death
So live life the way you want to
Enjoy Every.Single.Breath


I'M SORRY

The final resolving peak
Has been climbed at last
I’m at peace right now
I’ve  finished my task

I stamp my foot
On the warming ground
Because I think I like it
That final, resolving sound

My foot falls
Where no one has tread before
Just that thought alone
That keeps me from being sore

I sit and take out my journal
That these words now lay upon
Read all that I have written
And how I came along

Many hours fill up many pages
Many emotions as well
Reading back on how I felt…
I was in a bad place, I can tell

Or like how my life
Was much alike a song
A very downbeat one, I noted
Very sad, alone, and long


It resolved like all songs do
And I’m eternally grateful
I wrote a little more
And found myself at lull

That’s when I began to climb
Or “float” as I put it
I slowly began to realize the truth
And had my final little fit

After so much fighting
I thought that I’d be tired
But it had the opposite effect
I smiled and ?was( admired

The struggles made me stronger
And victories gifted strength
I looked back and gave my blessings
To its glorious struggling length

I’ll forgive my parents
They’re doing what they think best
I’ll trust them a little bit more
And give this fight a rest

If I show them how I changed
Will I get freedom that way?
“Maybe it’s worth a shot” I think
As I turn to them and say

“I’m sorry”

buttercupbaby
Member
since 2006-05-03
Posts 400
outside in the rain
6 posted 2007-05-07 02:41 PM


Hmm... I wanna re-read that.. it did sound like a tough day.. its strange how people go from being sad to happy to mad to just content and wondering.. mood swings hehe :]

My favorites were the real short ones, because i think these were the parts you were more light-hearted and slightly happier
"FLOAT

Sometimes
The only way you can go is up
And sometimes
You just feel like floating


BREATH

Nothing in life is certain
Except for death
So live life the way you want to
Enjoy Every.Single.Breath
"

I definetely feel the same way.. I really liked those..
I liked this, it was very interesting
*goes to re-read the loong poem:]*

~missy
My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away..
my love is a waste of time
if you never stay

hunnie_girl
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since 2006-06-18
Posts 2567
Canada
7 posted 2007-05-10 01:40 AM


Wow this was truly amazing yes long too tho. I just couldn't stop reading it tho. I can relate to so much in this. hope to read more soon...
hunnie.

~fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me~

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

8 posted 2007-05-10 04:35 AM


Did you take this from pages of your journal? Because it certainly read that way.

I found this very moving--even when I wanted to see you burst through quatrain--I remember the feeling of uncertainty.

I think you've got a lot to work with here, as it is real and honest, and it certainly reached out to touch my spirit.

To me, it felt like a torrent of feeling, and I felt sixteen, with my skin on inside out again.

Keep this lovie!

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