Here's another of my poems. It doesn't have a name yet. But, let me know what ya'll think.
Why was I so reckless with my heart?
so foolish and stupid...
I gave it up
for a moment or two.
Everyone tells me:
"Why did you do that?"
"Why didn't you wait?"
"Why didn't you think?"
It didn't matter what they said!
I thought I was wise!
I thought I was tough!
I thought wrong!
I should have listened to all that they said,
but then again,
their words came too late,
too late for me to hear.
When you close yourself up
to the words and the truth,
when you shut your eyes
to the light all around you.
That's when the thieves come in
to plunder and loot
to rob you of what's yours
your self-respect and your heart.
It's partly their fault,
the lying, cheating thieves,
but mostly mine...
because I chose not to see.
I looked past all of the signs.
I silenced the warning bells
that went off in my mind.
When you shut yourself up,
when you just don't want to see,
that's when you get hurt
and wonder: why didn't you see?
Then it all comes
crashing down
around your ears
and what have you found?
Happiness is not found
in a single moment,
but worked at and striven for
and then you can own it.
Then you can stand up
proud and say:
the happiness I've worked for
will never go away.
Because it was earned
by your sweat and your blood,
it will remain
forever, in your heart.
