Thread: redisreddish's poetry-type things

Lol, I know there's a board game called Life, but that isn't what I'm talking about in this one.

~~Game of Life~~

Life is a game
We all play
Whether we want to or not

But the rules are confused
Do we play to stay
Or make the best of what we've got?

Either way, some excell
Some lag behind
Fall farther back every day

They struggle to move
But the game is cruel
Lost thoughts lead them astray

So easy to quit
Admit defeat
Stop trying and just give in

But victory's sweet
Worth the fight
Satisfying to say "I win"

That's a question, though
Can we really win?
Will the scars of our struggle ever mend?

There's really no answer
It's the game of life
The game without an end.

Numbers counting up and down
One to twelve and back again
Shadow spinning on a dial
Hourglass with running sand
Grandfather clock with iron hand
Watch on the cutting edge of style
Linear system devised by men
King of our life who wears no crown

Pinkpricks of light shining up high
Blue turns to black as the day slides by
Skeletal branches of bare trees reach out
Owls "whoo," coyotes shout
All the diurnal fade out of sight
Snow glitters softly in silver moonlight
Take in the the beauty of a world called night

I love the Wake up one... so true.

Thank you!

Having a brain fart at the moment. Will try to post more later.

One voice all together
Loud and happy and strong
A single laugh stands out
Different, but never wrong
Some say we're at the bottom
But we're really at the top
We're crazy, musical, spazzy...
And we don't know how to stop.

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I guess that one could be interpreted a few different ways. I wrote it to be about me and my friends. "One voice all together" is all of us laughing and singing, "Loud and happy and strong" is self-explanitory, and "A single laugh stands out" is referring to me--the only girl in our group. "Different, but never wrong" just means that the guys treat me like one of them (which isn't always a good thing, mind you ); never like I'm weak or don't belong. "Some say we're at the bottom" is how some people look down on us because we don't act like everyone else. "But we're really at the top" is how we view us, though; we're happy and unique, and that's good. Next line means what it says, and "And we don't know how to stop" is saying that unhappiness is foreign to us--we just don't know how not to be happy.

I suppose I didn't need to put the explanation, but oh well. I felt like writing it.

Just worrying about a friend with this one.

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You see the world through a dark veil
It's not worthwhile, there's really no purpose.
Everyone will lose, everyone will fail
Happy endings are for a fairy tale.

But it's not like that at all,
Just look around you.
See the colors of summer and fall,
Catch a snowflake, beautiful and small.

How could you give up hope?
Life is hard, but it's amazing.

Count the moments that take your breath away,
Watch a sunset end the day,
Then see pictures in the stars of the sky,
Follow the fireflies twinkling by.

Life is an adventure where there's always something new,
There's so much to see, don't cut it short.
You might not think anyone cares about you,
But I do.

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I have another one I'll add later.