POEM STARTER
Submitted by SmileyGuitar
Write a poem that starts in a cheerful, bright mood, but then reveals underlying anger or bitterness.
Messed Up Kid
You and I laugh at the joke
That wasn’t really funny
But I don’t care because you
Because you understand me
But then you suddenly switch up
And you’re a whole new person
And when I think it won’t last
You have left me in the dust
I’m a messed up kid
And you all know it
The way I complain when
Things don’t go my way
Like when you told me
To tie my shoe but didn’t
And then I tripped on it
And then blamed it on you
I’m a messed up kid
How I sing off key
How I can’t stay calm
When you reprehend me
You get mad at the way I talk
The way move
I feel like you get
Mad at everything
And I’ll be the messed up kid
Who can’t do anything right
And when I fall down you walk away
It’s hard to be the messed up kid
You’re words-they have hurt me
Made me think it’s true
That I’m the messed up kid
And that’s all that I am
So now I’m left to wonder
If you ever even cared
About the messed up kid or
maybe our friendship got shallow