Writing Prompt #110: Favorite Poem you’ve written/why: Prompt from https://pin.it/24mAb5D
My favorite poem has to be don’t ask me that sh*t I like the raw energy of it I had an aggressive tone when it was recorded When I wrote it I wanted it to be a message That the big fat dude you once knew, Was no longer playing sports for you He was only playing with the pen And that anyone still looking for him to be their dream chaser Was no longer wanted That period in time left me haunted It was exhausting trying to tell everyone that you were your own person With your own aspirations, 4 years of my life were wasted When I could have been creating Most nights I was trying to take my own life Because I was tired of seeing the puppet in the mirror Most kids around that time were focused on college But I couldn’t focus on anything but trying to escape my home Because the football dreams were being drilled into my dome When I was at the store People were asking me the same thing Do you play football? At school, Do you play football? At the zoo, Do you play football? I couldn’t escape those words It was almost like I was in a maze Lord, I don’t miss those days That poem was special because I finally said I had enough I had enough of the looks of a meal ticket every time I crept into a room Everyone looked at me like I was a unicorn They act like they never seen a 6’2 430 pounder before Or a kid who wanted more than a scholarship I wanted to be a writer Still today I fight to prove I’m a writer Don’t ask me that shit was my favorite Anyone who doesn’t like it I say the same thing I said at the end of that stanza, If you don’t like it, die slow
