POEM STARTER
Submitted by TheQuillPen
Write a poem about giving up.
It doesn’t have to be negative, it can be about giving up something or someone that’s been holding you back.
Giving Up
You say its bad for me to do it
That’s why my friends don’t like you
My friends say its good
That’s why you don’t like then
I’m doing
One
Simple
Thing:
Giving up
Giving up fitting your mold
Giving up showing you the real me
Giving up telling you stuff
Giving up letting you know who I am
Giving up following your dress code
Giving up following your language
Giving up needing your approval
Giving up wanting you to know
Giving up wanting you to listen
Giving up wanting you to see
Giving up wanting you to pay attention
I’m doing now
What I should’ve done
A long time ago
You don’t like me?
You don’t like my style?
You don’t like the words I use?
You don’t like what I do?
You don’t like what I imagine?
You don’t like what I write?
You don’t like what I sing?
You don’t like what I draw?
You don’t like who I hang out with?
Oh okay
That’s cool
Because
**I**
**Don’t **
**Care**
I’m giving that up
I’m giving up caring
I finally found a place
Where I belong
With my friends
The people you hate
You don’t listen to me
You don’t look at me
You don’t pay attention to me
You don’t care about me
But they do
So yeah, I like them a little bit more than you
I’m giving up
Trying to be who you want me to be
I’m going to make mistakes
I’m going to get it wrong
I’m going to act stupid
I’m going to act retarted
I’m going to act like myself
Not around you
Oh no no no
But around the people who actually like me?
You can count on it