Poem About Nothing

by Garrett   Aug 15, 2005


Just sit me down in this four-walled space of expression
Leave me alone, unplug the phone in this bland little corner
Where nothing ever goes with anything else
I don’t need lights or sound

Just a few old wax candles
This novel, my paper and pen,
All my pointless writing about nothing
About nothing about nothing about nothing

Just leave me here, let me collect myself
Relieve me of the poison I used last night
Wait – it was this morning. It doesn’t feel the same
No, it doesn’t feel all right.

I’ve got this little place I go to when I’m feeling blue
My own little world to go away from them and you
A cave of emotions, empty as the gaping gray sky
Straight above, I look up high. Yeah, I look up high.

The wicks of the candles are down to inches
The calender marked with little red X’s
I think I will sleep now, I think I can go
And when I’m awake I will know
I’m in the four-walled space of expression

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  • 17 years ago

    by Stephanie

    Very good. You took a different topic and made it into an excellent poem! Great job!

    All my pointless writing about nothing
    About nothing about nothing about nothing

    ^ My favorite lines, because of the way you kept repeating "about nothing". Wonderful writer, keep it up! 5/5

    Stephanie

  • 18 years ago

    by Ariana

    I really enjoyed this, I like how you have structured it in a way that lets you write freely without needing to conform it to a rhyme or rhythm. The topic is interesting, though on the surface it seems to be about nothing, as you read on you can see the deeper meaning within. Excellent write.

  • 18 years ago

    by *Jess*

    Great job.. i loved it! thats a good topic to write about... nothing... totally caught my eye and i read it and it was brutally good. very nice work keep it up.

  • 18 years ago

    by Megg

    I realy understand what you were trying to say
    and I got it all

  • 18 years ago

    by tanyarh

    I can relate so much to this poem, the words you use are so specific...I can see the four-walled space of expression in my head when i read it.
    Fabulous!

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