XXI

XXI

Dreams of the future

Sitting in home room

The promise of freedom

That comes at 21

We could be better 

Than what we are now

But it’s all we wanted 

Just to become 21

Wishing away the present

For an age that’s a flash

Don’t wish it all away

For 2 x’s and an I

We live our best life

And still want to be 21

No matter our age

We still want to be 21

We could be a child

And want to be 21

Or thirty something 

We still want to be 21

Regrets from the past 

So much wasted time

All the lies of my youth

I missed at 21

Such missed enjoyment 

Things I never had 

Let it be a lesson

Don’t forsake 21

Regretting my past mistakes 

But I can’t turn back time 

Don’t wish it all away

For 2 x’s and an I

We live our best life

And still want to be 21

No matter our age

We still want to be 21

We could be a child

And want to be 21

Or thirty something 

We still want to be 21

Thinking you know it all

But knowing nothing

21 is the gateway to everything

The future, being boring, just existing

Your truth, being great, and still living

We live our best life

And still want to be 21

No matter our age

We still want to be 21

We could be a child

And want to be 21

Or thirty something 

We still want to be 21

Blank Verse

I loved the idea once

Of loving you

You led me to believe 

We could have been something

That forever 

No one could take away

But you are empty

Despite your fullness

I can not do it

I need something more

With all your substance you have nothing to offer

Despite your being appealing you left me just empty 

A lyric without rhyme you’re a poetic blank verse 

Don’t mistake what I say

There is nothing

I regret about you

Is it wrong to proclaim

Your shortcomings

As vaguely as I can?

You can’t fulfill me

Nor could I please you

As I’m not just a

Missing puzzle piece

With all your substance you have nothing to offer

Despite your being appealing you left me just empty 

A lyric without rhyme you’re a poetic blank verse 

Just lyrics without rhyme

A blank verse in my life