... but evidently I did, in fact, write. They're dated 1.26 and entitled "Mono Monster", which would mean they were written in late January 2009, when I had mono. I was home from school by this point, and wouldn't return until mid February. In all honesty, some of these are so good that I wasn't sure I really wrote them. However, there are certain bits and pieces that I remember struggling over, so they are, indeed, all mine. Enjoy!
I
Whoever said beauty is only skin deep
Hit the nail right on its wee head
For my love is a love that knows nothing of age
And will live on while wretched lusts sleep.
This one I remember writing because I recall being irritated that the rhyme scheme was screwed up... lines 1 and 4 rhyme, instead of 1 and 3, or 2 and 4. I may even have done it on purpose. But I think the real reason was that, after reading it, I simply liked it the way it was, and decided to leave it that way.
II "War"
I hear the dogs down in the square
I hear the gunshots everywhere
The splintering of stone and wood
Why don't they take this blasted war
And leave our town for good?
I like this one. The only thing I recall about writing it is that I had originally wanted to put "fucking" instead of "blasted", but decided in the end that "blasted" was the more friendly version.
III
I wrote a poem while I slept
But you're not here to hear it
I wrote it just for you, because
My heart was very near it.
I wrote this poem in my mind
When all the folks had gone to bed...
This was never finished. I actually was taking a shower when this popped into my head. I kept repeating it to myself until I got out, and quickly wrote it down so I wouldn't forget it. Evidently I forgot to finish it, though.
IV
My woman treats me mean
My woman treats me mean
She doesn't cook, she doesn't clean
My woman treats me mean.
I buy her flowers, talk real sweet,
But she don't care if I don't eat.
Sometimes, late nights when I come home,
I find her up, and not alone.
My woman treats me mean, I say!
My woman treats me mean.
This sounds like it came straight out of a Langston Hughes anthology... this was most likely what I was shooting for. I was obviously trying to write from a new perspective- I always write from a woman's point of view, never a man's, but in this case, I was trying to switch it up.
V
When I'm too old to speak or swallow
If you say come, then I will follow.
Though all my bones and brains were hollow,
If you say come, then I would follow.
Pride is often hard to swallow;
You say come, and I will follow.
And when my bones and brains are hollow,
If you say come, I will follow.
This was most likely written for JD Keegan, who I loved at the time. The first half of verse 1 was printed, while the rest was in cursive. I crossed out a few words here and there, favoring other ones, so I clearly had a difficult time with this one. This is a surprisingly short poem, as I have been known to wax rather verbose when it comes to love poetry.
VI
There ain't a woman on this earth
Could love that man like he deserves
There ain't a soul in Heaven or Hell,
'Cause no one else knew him so well.
And should you search the sea and sky,
Still no one loves him more than I.
This is another example of trying to imitate Langston Hughes' style.
I found these poems written on a piece of blue stationery in my room sometime before I left for college.. I brought them with me, and, in the wake of a recent calamity, decided to post them before I lost them, too.
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