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An Ocean of Books; A Sea of Paragraphs

April 19, 2012
By heyitzscott GOLD, Rochester Hills, Michigan
heyitzscott GOLD, Rochester Hills, Michigan
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Right now,
I’ve got this aching back and this word-inflicted spine,
But don’t lie to me;
I’ve only tried to be
So cunning.
It’s funny
How sentences have gotten me here.

Books, by the paragraphs,
Have stood by and made me laugh,
And window panes kept all the rain
From keeping me insane,
And my fingers are shattered now.

I’ve never gotten too far with distance,
And reading hasn’t gotten me anywhere.
I’m a liar with some patience,
A realist,
But I’d hate to lie with promises at steak.

Phrases have fazed me,
Or maybe I’m lazy.
These words can’t make up themselves.
So,
I draw out these letters to maybe forget the lines
I’ve read so many times,
But somehow, I can’t put down a page,
And I’ll deny every second
When I know that I’ve scared myself to death.

Words, by the paragraphs,
Have stood by and made me laugh,
And window panes kept all the rain
From keeping me insane,
And my fingers are shattered now.

I can’t believe that believing’s just a thing of the past.
My chances are just wasted on the things that I’ve had.
Time’s dragging on,
I’m holding onto
The moments I’ve spent
Buried in syntax.

They said, “Fix it,”
But I can’t fix what I’ve broken.
Reduced to syllables,
They’re stressed,
And it’s stressing me out.

I’m a liar with some patience,
A realist,
But I’d hate to lie with promises at steak.


The author's comments:
This is a song i wrote for my acoustic project, Centuries in Eras. I endevor to impend a sense of poetry with our songs while they follow a story of five people. This one in particular happens to be about a guy who loves reading and literature, but hates how it's controlled him. He waits for things to change, such as his addiction to reading and writing, but he inevitably caves into his addiction causing him to end his life from the fear of things never changing, like the other five people. All of them, like this one, wait for things to change but because of their inablilty and desire to take action into their life and realize what they're doing, they fall into temptaion. My attempts at having a character that people can relate to make the character someone that people can feel for from their own experiences in comparison and contrast to his own actions and beliefs to theirs. If people really like this, I'll release the others. 'Till then, let me know what you think with your feedback. ;)

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