I am fifteen years old and in the 11th grade. I started writing poems because I felt like it. No sudden inspirations or cosmic coincidences, just boring old ''Cuz.' Most of my poems are slightly based off of life experience, but it seems as though I tend to write about someone else's experiences more than my own; for lack of a better phrase, I just like to step into someone else's shoes for a while. My personal favorites of mine are 'Gravity, ' 'Mr. Jones, ' 'Ode to a Molten Chocolate Cake, ' 'Where I'm From' and 'The Ultimate Temper Tantrum, ' but that's just me.
Before you say another word
look me in the eye,
it's over between you and me
and don't bother saying goodbye.
...
Being the Devil's Advocate
is a tricky role to play,
a cast member to the side
the man wearing a crooked toupee'
...
Mr. Jones walked around
like he owned the whole entire town
to stare him in the eye-
even his foe would have to look down
...