All Nonfiction
- Bullying
- Books
- Academic
- Author Interviews
- Celebrity interviews
- College Articles
- College Essays
- Educator of the Year
- Heroes
- Interviews
- Memoir
- Personal Experience
- Sports
- Travel & Culture
All Opinions
- Bullying
- Current Events / Politics
- Discrimination
- Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
- Entertainment / Celebrities
- Environment
- Love / Relationships
- Movies / Music / TV
- Pop Culture / Trends
- School / College
- Social Issues / Civics
- Spirituality / Religion
- Sports / Hobbies
All Hot Topics
- Bullying
- Community Service
- Environment
- Health
- Letters to the Editor
- Pride & Prejudice
- What Matters
- Back
Summer Guide
- Program Links
- Program Reviews
- Back
College Guide
- College Links
- College Reviews
- College Essays
- College Articles
- Back
projected imagery
Under a tree, I do dwell,
contemplating life as hell.
I use greens as remedy,
a way of escaping life for me.
Vaguely I try, as I get high,
to remember a life of sobriety.
Music's lyrics echo in my head;
words of pain, and loss, and dread.
But for people like me,
it's hard to see,
the point of leaving bed.
Where in dreams
it hardly seems
complicated with impossibilities.
Unconscious, time has no course.
No schedules, meetings, laws, remorse.
I've tried ecstasy, pills and powders,
to overcome the dwelling hours.
Minutes, months, days, and years,
that seem to be lacking any cheer.
At school they giggle, flirt, destroy,
and I sit apart and wonder why
and how they could let those hurtful words fly.
It's not their fault, it's ignorance,
as many lead a life of bliss.
Money, family, "beauty," no pain.
And all the while I try to stay sane.
I feel like an outcast, although I have friends,
like an old soul, trying to make amends.
Among a crowd of an insubstantial sort,
and so I surround myself in a protective fort.
Where no one sees, and no one hears,
then no one cares, and no one fears.
So as I sit and toke a bowl,
I think about my cup,
which is far less than half-full.
Similar Articles
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
This article has 1 comment.
1 article 0 photos 405 comments
Favorite Quote:
It is better to write for yourself and have no audience than write for your audience and have no self.