This Is My Escape, Not Yours

Sometime I get a bit fed up, and now is one of those day. I need something new, and I turn to music for an escape.

Moving my head to the beat,

The head that’s so full of f**k,

Lip-syncing every word that I know by heart,

I know them all, I always have,

I feel the shiver of the pulse,

Of the music, traveling through my ears,

Into my body, making me move,

I pretend that I’m the singer, that I’m the writer,

I wrote this just for me, forget the rest of you,

You will not disrupt my world,

Get the Hell out of it,

I only make eye contact with the audience,

I am dancing for them, not for you,

My body is not for the taking,

I will take myself to another place,

Another world, I can’t be here,

I gotta move, I have to get out,

I will sing for nobody,

But myself

Author's Note

This has a few expressions in it that have two meanings. This poem talks not only about music, but the personality I can only show to myself, about being bored, and about wanting to just be alone some days. P.S. This is not supposed to have a flow, it's free-form.

Reviews

[Thaddius]

'the shiver of the pulse of the music'- great line. Again, easy to digest, not pretentious, but ponderous. I really like reading your work. I'm also saying this because in your description you said you were writing a story about wormholes, but its evident you have a good head on your shoulders in addition to your verbal skills. Well done. Email me if you have any sci-fi stuff up- I'm a sci-fi junkie!!

[~VertoAtrum~]

I am indeed working on a story about time travel :) It's set in the semi-olden days, and the only sci-fi part is the time travel itself, but if you'd still like to read it, I'll let you know :)

[Thaddius]

I would like to

[I Am Svetlana]

There is always that certain part of our personality that we can only show ourselves and honestly, that's never a bad thing. Sometimes when I listen to music, I also imagine if I wrote the lyrics or sing it to a crowd. Just lip-syncing it makes me feel powerful and alive. More energetic than I might have been during the day. And yeah, most days I want to have my own space and be alone for a bit. Away from the real world and enter deep into my own.

[Boranus]

the diction is clear and the flow is clean
i feel your vulnerability and how you try to mask it