12 PM

by Chris Rodriguez   May 12, 2008


Monday morning and you're still wandering around
Tired of compensating for this stupid town
You cling to the nitch you found at school
For a little while...

So you stand at the corner at 12 PM
Smoke your troubles away like the rest of them
You got your car today
But there is no place to go anyway
So you meet your girlfriend at the driveway
And your parents have gone away
But you're still restless in the same ways
What's the reason?

Back at the river in your new state of mind
Looking so solemn almost half-divine
You're not troubled by what you can't find
But why no one's found you
After all...

So you play your music and lose it all
Still dazed when you meet your friends at the mall
You couldn't be farther from the world when you're waiting
For that call...

You feel your eyes corrode
And they found your friends in pieces on the road
So you know this winter's gonna be cold
Like last year...

So in the car when you find out the jokes on you
When it seems as if the world knows what you do
And all those stupid things were true
Who cares you'll be smiling soon

And if you can't understand why your worlds so dead
When people hate themselves in their heads
Why people trust liars instead of themselves instead
They got it all wrong...

Keep yourself true
The potential of what little things can do

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  • 15 years ago

    by Ed or Ian Henderson

    Fantasically written, and delightfully positive. This is EXACTLY the kind of writing that I like to see on here, and I also appreciate clever use of rhyme. It's easy to get bogged down in thinking how best to avoid cliches when you rhyme, and I'd say you have done here, and elegantly too. Nice one!

  • 15 years ago

    by ChAsInG PavEmEnTs

    Absolutely love the line
    smoek your troubles away..

    i can totally relate!.
    good word usage!

  • 15 years ago

    by Aryaan

    Beautiful poem friend! i loved each and every line of your poem. so much depth in your writing as i can feel it. this is the first of your poem i've read and it's a great experience.
    'You feel your eyes corrode
    And they found your friends in pieces on the road
    So you know this winter's gonna be cold
    Like last year...'
    wonderful lines!