New Beginnings

New Beginnings

A Poem by Shay Shah

Everyone is always in love with where they are
Well, they pretend to be but they wish they were a star
In life risks need to be taken or you'll stay at a standstill
Then there's people like me who never want to stand still
They just want to rise to the occasion no matter what
Shoot the doubters down, tell them to keep their mouths shut
Yeah we just want to be in the sky among the rest of those stars
But no it's not because of the nice house and fancy cars
It's more of a way for us to make sure we know that our life is ours
It was not wasted with days dying slowly while at night we waste away in bars
I'm only sixteen and I'm already looking at the bigger picture
But I've already seen life with distractions and downing bottles of liquor
Walking through the hallways, I remember all of the snickers
I remember all the girls I made send me those violating pictures
It's like I became a monster, infatuated by my greed and my lust
Time to turn away from that life, that's I should do, I must
It's like I want to live life to it's fullest, not just eat the cheese and leave the crust
And I'm sad to say to this day nobody has ever gained my full trust
I got light years ahead of me but time's just moving so fast
It's like my present is not my present it just feels like my past
Yesterday I was playing catch with my little brother now he's wearing a cast
The world is not a great place anymore it's just so messed up
People talk a lot and they don't know when to stop and the world is so corrupt
I remember one day someone cut me off but first said "I don't mean to interrupt"
I thought, " then why did you"  it's like I know you meant it just shut the f**k up
See I spent my life stargazing instead of finding ways to be in the sky with them
I guess this just means I need to learn how to live life once again

© 2016 Shay Shah


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Added on September 23, 2016
Last Updated on September 23, 2016
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