Throw back

First things first. I plan on updating this at least once a week from now on. If I set a deadline for myself I will be way more likely to do so. So lets say new post every Thursday! (Arbitrarily chosen because today is Thursday) Now that we have that all settled here is what I got for you:

Last night when I had some down time at my rehearsal I decided to read some of the old poems I knew were in my notebook.  My old poems are pretty bad and follow terrible structure. (I guess they reflect my life more than originally thought!) This one kind of stood out to me though.  Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's very good. There is just something about it that I like. Yet at the same time I hate it. That happens to be my relationship with most of my writing. So here it is. For the record the way I have arranged the lines right now probably aren't how I imagined it when I wrote it. I can't remember what my thoughts were in 2010!

I want to be a star

Don't we all just want to go far?

If I could write a catchy tune

That's all I'd need to do.

Maybe if I could crack a joke

Then maybe I wouldn't be so broke.

All these stars making it on nothing.

Who needs talent with a body like that?

I want to be legit, but all I got is this.

These days it seems

People make it off of each other's broken dreams.

Ya these days it seems

To make it you need a 6 pack or double d's

With all this fuckin' trailer trash

Trading their skin for cash

We see real talent thrown to the street. 

Least favourite line: "I want to be legit but all I got is this"  (I'm sure 2010 me thought it was clever or something.)

Favourite line:  "These days it seems people make it off of each other's broken dreams" (I find this one the most relevant line. The main reason the poem stood out.) 

Now don't get me wrong, stardom is not something I am interested in. I guess when I wrote it I was "trying to make a statement" about the current state pop culture was in. Or something lame like that. Anyways thank you for reading!

Phil