Poems.

I have quite a few more poems from my stay at Harbor and Del Amo, so if anyone is actually reading these and likes them, let me know and I'll try and find them all and post them.

Trapped.

Alright. This one goes along with my last one, in that I also wrote it in the "Hospital". "Prison" is more like it. Anyway. I did this one in the first place, UCLA Harbor. This is one of the first poems I ever wrote. I made it kind of as a rap in my mind so some of the parts are meant to be said fast but it still kind of flows read normally so that shouldn't matter too much.

 

 

 

The walls are white,

Lined with metal,

There’s a lock upon my door,

That needs a key

On the outside

To free me from my timeless dorm.

I no longer have a clock,

No way to tell how long it’s been,

I sit here in this cage and read,

Try to stop the rage within.

But they’ve taken what I had,

My one connection to this dimension,

The thing that told me life goes on,

That I’m not trapped in perpetual detention.

They trapped me again, the cage is just bigger,

I suppose this is a step up in freedom… Go figure.

This is worse, I can’t tell time

This darker place impedes my mind

I can’t close the door or I’ll be locked inside,

Likely never to be freed but at least I can confide,

In my books and my writing, to pass the hours,

Though at the moment my head hurts and my mood is sour,

Oh well. I’ll get out of here eventually.

Until then, I have to sit through this routine,

Really I shouldn’t complain, I’m given food and drink,

And a clean little bed, and a toilet and a sink,

But I’m still trapped…

Life is a Dream.

Once upon a time, I was fed up with all of my families bull crap. So, I went and told facebook that I wanted to kill myself and all of them to rid the world of us. This resulted in my father ((Actually more likely my step mother (But that's another story)) sending me on a one week, all expenses paid, luxury trip to a mental hospital. If anyone is wondering, the place is called Del Amo. Well, the second place was. They stuck me in UCLAs temporary holding facility for four days. Anyway, I wrote a poem there called 'Life is a Dream'. It was my first attempt at writing anything with any substantial length. So yeah, here it is.

Say hi,

Not goodbye,
Don’t cry,

Don’t wish to die,

Wipe your eyes,
Learn to fly
Life’s a high
Your well’s not dry
So just try
To live and be free,
Chase after all opportunities,
If there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s that happiness is free,
While anger and depression cost you, make you want to bleed,
Don’t take it in, let it out!
Don’t let it build up to the point you want to shout!
Crack the valve, release the steam,
Open your eyes, look around and see
That life is a dream.
(And a good one)

Took a break here, wrote part two later sitting in Art class.

Life is a dream, you can tell it where to go..
Take control, don’t just go with the flow!
Direct your life to make it great,
Don’t let the world influence your fate!
Things are what you make of them, you can’t just take them as they are,
And don’t keep a negative look or you won’t get very far,
Keep yourself positive and you can get through any situation,
You can do anything, pass up all self expectations.
Being optimistic can get you success,
It can get you through life’s most difficult tests,
So you can be happy, and get to the top
Or stay sad at the bottom, and ultimately flop.
I’ve been the pessimist, I’ve told all their lies,
Telling the world I’m okay when in truth I wanted to die,
I’ve been the quiet kid, that sits alone and broods,
And hates the world, only sees bad in the news,
I did bad in school, only got Cs or Ds,
I couldn’t concentrate, my mind was clouded with the bad things that I’d see,
Then I was dumped into Harbor, my mind and body left to rot,
And I discovered in my isolation life’s not as bad as I’d thought.
That place gave me time to think, time I’ve never had,
Since there’s always distractions at my mom or dads,
Now I’ve changed,
I’ve adopted Carpe Diem, seize the day,
I can’t and won’t let other peoples problems get in my way,
I’m my own person now, I can’t be weighed down by another’s strife,
I can’t be dragged back into darkness, I will NOT be brought back down in life,
Things are looking up, life is good, the world is open to me,
I’ve started going down the path, let’s see where it leads,
Good or bad, it’s a learning experience, I’ll accept it either way,
Whatever happens, I’m going to live up every day.

Suggestions.

I've started my college adventures, so I don't have a whole lot of time to myself, but I am open to all suggestions for writings. I might do poems and short stories, I don't think I am very good at writing long stories. So, if there's anything you want me to write for you, comment on this post.

(Also I like to make parodies to songs so if you have any ideas for some of those, let me know).

-Michael

"Nice Guys"

I just decided to write from my observations on the world around me and my personal experiences.
I came up with Nice Guys. I think of myself as a pretty nice guy, and I think of the world as one really big asshole. That's kind of the base of this one. The end of it kind of shifts gears in the rhyme scheme, that's because I lost the original copy of the poem. (Well, left it in my teachers room on a visit). I had her email me a copy, and part of it got lost or something because this isn't the whole thing. Oh well, if I find the rest of it, I'll edit it.

Nice Guys

You use me, abuse me,

Hurt and confuse me,

And I take it all,

With a smile on my face               

Afraid to hurt people’s feelings,           

Even those I hate.                            

 People walk all over me,                      

They take advantage of my kindness,           

Even though guys like me                          

Are rarer than Diamonds.                             

See, I’m the nice guy,                                         

 I give all I’ve got,                                        

 My aid, my money,                                        

My space in the parking lot.                             

 And nobody notices,                                    

They just expect me to give,                            

And I’ll tell you,                                     

Mine’s an annoying life to live.             

The world uses me up                                 

 Never gives me a break                      

Asshole after asshole                                

It’s almost more than I can take        

And I can’t get a girl                         

‘Cause they all like the other guys           

The guys who wind up beating them

Leaving them and making them cry     

They don’t notice me                                        

I’m invisible just the world’s door mat  

They don’t see that I’d                     

Never ever treat them bad                      

I’d spoil, I’d love,

I’d give them the world

But I don’t embrace the “Thug Life”         

So I guess I’ll never get the girl.              

But at least, if you meet me in your life 

Just take my advice                                     

Thank me for holding the door               

For giving you my taxi                       

Just appreciate me                             

That will make me happy                

Please just do this                               

It’s not much that I ask                    

Next time you see a nice guy                         

Give a little kindness back.

"Haters"

I was just taking suggestions from my sister and she threw out Haters. I thought it was an interesting idea so I went with it, and it turned out to be one of my best.

Haters

I’m tired of all these haters,

Always dissing what I do,But it’s okay, you only hate me

‘Cause I’m better than you.

I get better grades,

Run faster in track,

                            

You took summer school,

                              

And STILL got held back.    

 

Yeah, you’re bigger, stronger,

 

And all the girlies think you’re cute,

 

But the most brilliant thought you had today

 

I had when I was two.

 

The sticks and stones, they break my bones,       

                   

The words I just shrug off,

 

‘Cause I know some day I’ll see you again.

 

On T.V. On COPS.

 

See, your attacks have no power,

 

They don’t hurt me,

 

And at the end of the day,

 

You’re the one with insecurities.

 

Congrats on making the football team,

 

You look great on that bench.

 

Now wake your jock ass up,

 

And go back to detention.

The Beginning.

I wrote this for my English class senior year of High School. The assignment was to write something that went out of our usual writing zones. (For me, I wrote about my family and real things that are going on today). I was assigned Romanticism. I decided to make a poem about the creation of the earth from a Romantic Evolutionary Scientists point of view. Here is the product of my efforts:

The Earth is made of rocks and plants,
Of atoms of Carbon and so many more,
Innumerate structures that make up our world,
And most people see them and think "What a bore!"
--But really, it's amazing, simply astonishing,
How it all fit together so well,
You see, back when the earth was first made,
It was a bubbling boiling bare flaming hell.
--But somehow those atoms, just floating around,
Collided in just such a way,
That through the years of evolution,
You and I are here today.
--Yes, we started out 4 billion years ago,
As a toxic primordial ooze,
Which slowly developed small simple cells,
Building blocks for nature to use.
--Those cells divided,
Evolved as they did,
Becoming more complex,
Then developed photosynthesis.
--Once the cells could reap the sun,
And development started slowing,
They could clump together,
Multicellular life starts growing.
--This led to simple animals,
Like slugs and bugs and aquatic things.
Frogs and Flora came to land,
Then lizards and mice and birds to sing.
--Dinos stalk around Pangea,
Killing all the furry things,
Something came and wiped them out,
Now the mammals are the kings.
--They get bigger, more intelligent.
Here we get baboons and apes,
Who evolve into the genus Homo,
We're getting close to our current state.
--Neanderthals die out,
Something new appears to take their place.
These will evolve to become us,
The Homo Sapiens we are today.
--People take advantage of life,
Every single day.
Never ever stopping to think:
"How exactly was all this made?"
--There's a wonder of nature,
Behind every living thing.
It all came from that poisonous soup,
Back in the beginning.