A Stifling.
Blank
A white canvas
On the easel of the world
What to paint?
The pictures are all too well known
The stories already written
Your life to live?
Ha ha,
No.
I’m afraid not.
We define you
Your story
The world’s paper,
Our pen.
You are our canvas
The paintbrush goes as we will it
Our every whim
Writes your tale out
On the ledger of fate
You are ours
Not yours
This is our life you’re living.
Our rules
Our ideas
Our story.
Ours.
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dsarche
I started writing poetry my sophomore year of high school, after I had been inspired by an Andrea Gibson video. It was the first time I'd written a poem since I was in elementary school, and the first time I'd written one on my own time. When I finished it, and had shared it with my family, I realized just how much I enjoyed writing poetry. I started writing more, and just writing whatever came into my head, and kept on writing and writing for months and months on end. It's been a bit over two years since my sophomore year, and within that time I've written more than 300 poems. Along with poetry, I also enjoy theatre, photography, and people-watching.
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