Ordinary

Ordinary

My father told me, be extraordinary

Be extraordinary when you grow up

Being ordinary is not enough

Son, ignore your heart

Always listen to the mind

Be respectable, be smart

Or you'll be left behind

He didn't tell me how to be extraordinary

And in the darkness I couldn't find rest

A painful feeling in my chest

The world looks different in the night

but still in the glow of daylight

I can´t be the best

I can´t be extraordinary

I only know how to be me

I'm ordinary, I'm reckless

I used to be free

My father told me, be extraordinary

In everything you do

I tried to fit into his view

So my future would be bright

But I'm only ordinary

So I couldn't get it right

How can someone ordinary go the extraordinary way?

I asked, but no one knew

They simply told me to seize the day

I´ll seize the day

by being ordinary

Like only I know how

I´m sorry father

But this is me

Happy, ordinary

This is who I chose to be

Am I extraordinary now?

Reviews

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Sounds like me telling this to my dad! I loved it my dear friend:) Hope all is well in school and all is finding you very well:)

[Johanna]

Yes :) All is very well, in school and otherwise.. I´m happy.. I wrote this after we had about "The dead poet society" in english :)

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Great to hear:))))))) oh ok cool :)))))))))))))

[Devesh]

I changed my mind, this one's better. My favourite by you so far! Please send me RRs, otherwise I tend to miss out. Great work!

[Johanna]

Thankyou :)) haha :) Sure, I will :)

[Devesh]

You're welcome :)

[alltheloveabove]

Very interesting. Why do parents burden us with extraordinary achievements? You should know that as long as you stick to yourself, and do the ordinary things you do with love and passion, you'll live an extraordinary life. Thanks for sharing your poem! :)

[Johanna]

Thankyou for your words :) thankfully my parents like this.. but some of my friends feel this way, so I thought I´d write this poem for them. Glad you liked it :)

[alltheloveabove]

Oh that's good! :)