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My Coming of Age Poem(sorry it's so long)
Have I grown up
If I eat Froot Loops
in the bath tub
Watching Flapjack
Eating Big Macs with Sriracha
Mac-n-cheese with Sriracha
Just about anything with Sriracha on it
I gotcha back
and you can betcha sweet ass on it
Way back in class
I'd play with the bunsen burners
and hacky sacks
Now I'm paying taxes
and my boss is still giving me flack
Although I still enjoy the simple things
Like waking up in the morning
and releasing the massive
dam of piss I've been holding
Stretching and yawning
before the day starts unfolding
I'm perfecting my craft of coloring
Reminiscing on high school poetry
I've transformed my writing
and you'd never even know it's me
My sister looks up to me
We're in isle three
Surfing on our shopping carts
and stacking up our groceries
She's making me smile when she sings
Soon she'll be on the radio
and I'll be in the background whistling
I'm listening to Milo
but
I'll never fully understand his philosophy
It boggles me in the best way possible
I'm also in love with Chance
and his gospels
Am I the only one that calls
analog sticks noggles?
Anyways I've always been a goofball
My dog is a dooface
but his love is unconditional
And if I was terminal
I'd spend my last days with him
Not to be morbid
But that's just how cool he is
I'm curious like a kid
Craving that crunchy ice from the hospital
Pink lemonaid
with a coffee lid
My shoes resemble some moccasins
Im walking in with the fattest grin
first impression to my future friends
But my best friend will always know
me better than you
He motivates me in all that I do
We've been through the grinder
Swapping lighters and ideas
faster than you can
type them on a typewriter
We'll share laughter til we die
Or lose our damn minds
I've always felt inspired by
Morgan Freeman and Bill Nye
Time is relative
But an optimistic view
provides an abundant supply
and I'll give you some of mine
for a conversation or two
I want to decipher your codes
Then use them as reference
to solve the latest Sudoku
A warm cozy sweater is my go-to
I used to end all my phone calls
with I love yous
I figured that was better than goodbye
But I refined my definition of love
and it's more like
The sunshine loves the moon
and Shaggy loves Scooby-Doo
and a mother loves her baby
loves her father
and her family too
I'm trying to inspire you
Or maybe I'm trying to inspire me
Either way I'm aspiring to be
an astronaut or Kool A.D.
I like sipping on Kool-Aid
and the smell of rain on the asphalt
I guess I'm lucky because in Washington
That's pretty much all we got
I should tie my shoes in a double knot
But I don't usually..
Maybe that's a sign that I'm not scared
of tripping on some strings
I learn best from my mistakes
smoke breaks and bad dates
I'm up late writing in my journal
til my eyes burn and my head aches
But at the end of the day..
it's all worth it
I want to look back on my life
and not regret a single part of it
Both my failure and success
will have a piece of my heart in it
So I guess I have grown up
But I still get choked up
when I think about how hard it is
So don't remind me
It's about time to go to sleep
Tune into our dreams
and conquer their clarity
Some things are not as they seem so
Follow the signs
and
they'll take you where you need to be
To all in my vicinity
Goodnight
Until the day we finally meet
If I eat Froot Loops
in the bath tub
Watching Flapjack
Eating Big Macs with Sriracha
Mac-n-cheese with Sriracha
Just about anything with Sriracha on it
I gotcha back
and you can betcha sweet ass on it
Way back in class
I'd play with the bunsen burners
and hacky sacks
Now I'm paying taxes
and my boss is still giving me flack
Although I still enjoy the simple things
Like waking up in the morning
and releasing the massive
dam of piss I've been holding
Stretching and yawning
before the day starts unfolding
I'm perfecting my craft of coloring
Reminiscing on high school poetry
I've transformed my writing
and you'd never even know it's me
My sister looks up to me
We're in isle three
Surfing on our shopping carts
and stacking up our groceries
She's making me smile when she sings
Soon she'll be on the radio
and I'll be in the background whistling
I'm listening to Milo
but
I'll never fully understand his philosophy
It boggles me in the best way possible
I'm also in love with Chance
and his gospels
Am I the only one that calls
analog sticks noggles?
Anyways I've always been a goofball
My dog is a dooface
but his love is unconditional
And if I was terminal
I'd spend my last days with him
Not to be morbid
But that's just how cool he is
I'm curious like a kid
Craving that crunchy ice from the hospital
Pink lemonaid
with a coffee lid
My shoes resemble some moccasins
Im walking in with the fattest grin
first impression to my future friends
But my best friend will always know
me better than you
He motivates me in all that I do
We've been through the grinder
Swapping lighters and ideas
faster than you can
type them on a typewriter
We'll share laughter til we die
Or lose our damn minds
I've always felt inspired by
Morgan Freeman and Bill Nye
Time is relative
But an optimistic view
provides an abundant supply
and I'll give you some of mine
for a conversation or two
I want to decipher your codes
Then use them as reference
to solve the latest Sudoku
A warm cozy sweater is my go-to
I used to end all my phone calls
with I love yous
I figured that was better than goodbye
But I refined my definition of love
and it's more like
The sunshine loves the moon
and Shaggy loves Scooby-Doo
and a mother loves her baby
loves her father
and her family too
I'm trying to inspire you
Or maybe I'm trying to inspire me
Either way I'm aspiring to be
an astronaut or Kool A.D.
I like sipping on Kool-Aid
and the smell of rain on the asphalt
I guess I'm lucky because in Washington
That's pretty much all we got
I should tie my shoes in a double knot
But I don't usually..
Maybe that's a sign that I'm not scared
of tripping on some strings
I learn best from my mistakes
smoke breaks and bad dates
I'm up late writing in my journal
til my eyes burn and my head aches
But at the end of the day..
it's all worth it
I want to look back on my life
and not regret a single part of it
Both my failure and success
will have a piece of my heart in it
So I guess I have grown up
But I still get choked up
when I think about how hard it is
So don't remind me
It's about time to go to sleep
Tune into our dreams
and conquer their clarity
Some things are not as they seem so
Follow the signs
and
they'll take you where you need to be
To all in my vicinity
Goodnight
Until the day we finally meet
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