Passion, Clichés, and No Man's Land

Caroline Elizabeth

I try to avoid being cliché

but that's my struggle

every single day.

I know I can't write

anything real

except for the feelings

that I feel.

Never different, always

the same emotion

over and over again.

I wish I could feel

anger every now and then.

I wish what I felt wasn't a trend.

 

I wish I was Bono

or Lennon or Dylan.

Then I would write about

what I believe in.

My lyrics would be true,

my faith behind.

My passion is my music 

and my life is inside.

 

But what I write,

it's all the same!

My entire life it's been this way.

And though it's my passion,

I can't escape the traps

for myself that I've made.

 

"Let me go, let me go," I scream.

I'm stuck in the mundane

like my worst dream.

I doubt everything I create;

it steals my passion away.

It's like war with myself

and in no man's land I lay.

 

When will it end? When will I make

something that I love,

something I don't hate?

When will I ditch the clichés

and embrace the truth

of who I am despite my youth?

When will I be like the men I most admire

and create something

to set hearts on fire?

  • Author: Caroline Elizabeth (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 4th, 2018 07:31
  • Comment from author about the poem: This was a vent about how all my songs have the same teen angst vibe, and I am sick of it. I want to create something meaningful to more people than just myself.
  • Category: Reflection
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Comments1

  • onepauly

    with time all things do change.
    the only thing is
    we cant change them.
    go with the flow.



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