POEM STARTER
Compose a self-aware poem
Think of creative ways to show that the poem acknowledges that it is itself a poem.
Dead End
I am the changing tide
The cliff that dives
The starting line
I can’t keep running
I need to work
To fix myself
I hate this word
I could kill myself
If I had more motivation
But I can’t bring myself to do it
I am paralyzed in self doubt
With the house burning
The wheel keeps turning
I’m trapped inside
With no way out
There’s no windows In this room
But smoke pours in
Through the cracks in the hallways
The fire closes in
Almost in my 30s
Is this the end
I can’t regret when I can’t be born again
Did I fuck my life up?
Is it too late?
The world we live in
Is too close to hells gate
The good that comes
I can’t appreciate
Because I’m trapped inside
My own self doubt
And clinging to the lack of a way out
I can’t forgive
I can’t forget
It’s been two years
Have I lost my way
I can’t forget
I can’t forget
I need to change
Do something new
Every day
To feel rewarded
How do people do it?
Find the motivation to live
With a dead end job
That doesn’t pay the bills