POEM STARTER
Awakening
Write a poem about an awakening - it could be literal or metaphorical.
Prologue
I would’ve done anything to find a way out
To leave the sterile walls behind
Every song, poem, form of art has been written about
This is just another in the line
What is feels like to be inside of the rubix cube
Difficult and complex to figure out
All the growth intended hard ‘lessons’ make you rude
Fill you up with doubt
The constant let down
The formidable journey
All to make you earthbound
But it’s all for the story
The stagnancy of time wasted
The fear of never making it in time
Every motivational quote pasted
Every memory sour as a lime
When is the chapter one?
The spiritual awakening?
The transformation?
The god forsaking
What do I do in the midst of stagnancy?
To sit in the sterile room. No trophy for memory
What does one leave on? Some form of legacy
These prayers sounds like beggary
Why has no one mentioned the price of transformation
The hurdle, that one can tire of it all
Burnout beyond exhaustion
The chasm of this fall
I yearn for the step into the new chapter
Even for a inch
I yearn for moments of laughter
Someone give me a pinch
I want to know when it’s coming and if it’s real
I can’t tell anymore, my delusions confuse me
I want to try to let myself feel
Or is it a lie I told myself to keep busy
I don’t know if these visions are real or to delude me
My mind is no longer a safe place.
On the outside I come off as prudely
I can’t be the same in this case
The wait made me jaded
My memories have faded
My perspective is painted
I forgot what a saint is
The pain has been stated
They want to make me famous
I said I wouldn’t chase it
My dreams are now aimless
I can’t run or race it
The longer I jog, I hope it’s painless
The circles I go in this room
Year after year
A violet in full bloom
Tear after tear