#30DaysOfPoetry #NovemberPoetryChallenge (Part 1/5)
For the month of November, I will be keeping a “poem diary” of sorts for my own personal #30DaysOfPoetry #NovemberPoetryChallenge. I will be publishing all pieces in short installments via this blog. Maybe it's good, maybe it's not, but I guess I'll never know if I don't put it out there.
Poetry is significantly more personal to me than songwriting and it shows when I write. I have an emotionally challenging month ahead so I figured I should make good use of it in more ways than one.
NOVEMBER 1ST
"Spectrum"
There's a tornado inside my head
I lose my ground in shades of red
But rose colored glasses destroy and delay
The inevitable storm of guilt and shame
I must acknowledge the rainbow
Light up the truth with a flash of yellow
Victory in hints of green
As I convince myself to intervene
The lightest and boldest emotional hues
The purple floods my soul tonight
As the anger and sadness join to unite
But I won't run away
I'll allow myself to feel
I can't separate
From the things that are real
I won't dissociate
And I won't let them down
I promised I would change
And I'm proving it now
And suddenly, I see the bigger picture
As the prisms in my blood
Decipher all the colors
And process the pressure
That's eating at my eyes
And slamming through my skull
Coercing me to hide
Begging me to explode
But I won't
I will fight through the pain
And battle through the madness
As the rainbow cackles in my direction
But after years you've witnessed go to waste
You learn the battles you must not chase
I would rather shut it down
With a manifested curse
So here's to my spectrum
For better or for worse
NOVEMBER 2ND
"Life's A Bitch" Life's a bitch
We can't deny it
It sucks
I could scream, I could cry
Get on the ground and lie about it
Or I could be a mother fucking dare devil
Rise above and get riled up about it