If Only I Could

I could worry about the little things 
The little things that don't matter
The material things 
The things nobody but myself sees

I could live in the past 
Or the future 
Or anything but the present 

And I could be mad about where I am right now
As if everyone else I know 
Isn't in a different place than me 

And I could wish to be you 
But maybe it's not trying to be you
It's trying to be anyone else but me
 


 

meandpaul

MN

15 years old

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  • I am not

    I am not a poet 
    I don’t know how to use my words the way they can
    I can’t captivate the minds of my friends by stringing them along with the simplest of words 

    I am not a musician 

  • Limelight

    I stood in the crowd 
    My feet cemented to the ground 
    Just basking in the light of something that would slowly fade 

    I could hear the high pitched ringing 
    A reminder of a past days sacrifice