I am just a little boy in a grown man’s shell
Who finds himself lost in a daydream
That my mind manifested one Monday morning
On the cusp of being aged thirteen
Sitting on a plastic chair in a stale classroom
Looking out of the rain lashed window
Thoughts turn to the length of my imagination
And indeed what distance it could go
I was snapped back to reality as always
With my tank topped teacher's booming cry
This was not the first, nor would it be the last time
I would find myself preoccupied
Classmates around me may live their life linear
Like most people who have gone before
But I can’t see the point of a mind’s vast la
Omdat ik groot fan ben van de gedichten van Bart Moeyaert wil ik er graag een paar met jullie delen, er zijn nog veel meer echt hele mooie maar ik zal het even een beetje beperkt houden. Voor geïnteresseerden: gedichten die ik zelf van hem verder mooi vind zijn o.a. "Ons geheugen", "Brug", "Kies", "Zo heel jij mij" en "Dirigent".
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Dit
Van alles wat ik schreef
zijn dit het minste woorden.
En tel ze na, het zijn er
nog te veel: zelf hou ik van
mijn mond vol tanden,
het aaien van dit blad, de
woordenschat van mijn
twee handen, het stokken
van mijn adem als ik zeg
dat ik je hier niet kan
vertellen wie of wat ik
voo
When Your Best is Not Good Enough by UntamedUnwanted, literature
Literature
When Your Best is Not Good Enough
Don't speak.
Don't move.
Don't think.
Don't dream.
Don't hold yourself together.
Don't fall apart.
Don't pretend it is all going to be okay.
Don't act like it won't be all right.
Don't touch me.
Don't look away from me.
Don't be so needy.
Don't be so grateful.
Don't act silly.
Don't be so serious.
Don't have so much fun.
Don't be so sullen.
Don't cry.
Don't laugh.
Don't smile.
Don't frown.
Don't love anyone too much.
Don't be so selfish.
Don't ignore me.
Don't love me too much.
Don't breathe.
Don't exist....
And hope? Hope is just a lie you tell yourself so that tomorrow, you can do it all over again.
You're anorexic if you're thin
You're not? Then you're obese.
If you're different, you're insane
You're not? Then you're a fake.
If you're happy, you're hiding something.
You're not? You must be emo.
If you're dating, you're a slut.
You're not? You must have no friends.
If you're popular, you're a jerk.
You're not? You're a nobody.
If you're quiet, you must be disabled.
You're not? You obnoxious freak.
If you're you, you're wrong.
You're not?
Then you must be perfect.