The Boat

I wrote this poem a month after my middle school graduation, this is actually really important to me because I feel as if it helped change who I was at that point and the person that I was becoming.

I was so ready
I was the first one off the boat
I walked onto the pavement
First girl on the bus home
Didn't even take a minute to look back

 

Stranded
I felt like the only one in the crowd
Everybody's crying
People pushing past my side
Hurricane in my mind
A couple of hugs will do
You were the only one who knew
I didn't drop a tear
Just sat by your side
Looking out into the water
Downtown hurts so good
But does that make me selfish?
If I kept myself
If I pulled myself together
Pulled myself together

 

Bus ride home
Chatter buzzing out
Head on my shoulded
As I looked out onto the roads
it felt so quiet
I could only think of him
Thinkin'
Please don't
It's all I ask
Please don't,
don't turn me into an old school memory

 

Stranded
I felt like the only one in the crowd
Everybody's crying
People pushing past my side
Hurricane in my mind
You were the only one who knew
I didn't drop a tear
Just stayed by your side
Downtown hurts so good
But does that make me selfish?
If I kept myself
If I pulled myself together
Pulled myself together

 

Now in

days, weeks or years

it'll feel so lonely up in here
Up there the city lights
seem to welcome me in
Somebody's crying
People pushing past
Trying to get to work or
somewhere where they can know

because they all know

And you weren't there
You didn't know
I should have told you

 

Stranded
I felt like the only one in the crowd

Everybody's crying

People pushing past my side
Hurricane in my mind
You were the only one who knew
I didn't drop a tear
Just stayed by your side
Downtown hurts so good
And I wondered if

that makes me selfish

Does it make me seem like a stranger

if I kept myself
If I pulled myself together

Maybe we need to pull overselves together.

Author's Note

I was just wondering, what does everyone think of this? This isn't much of a poem because I wrote it as a song so that's why it's labelled as lyrics.