Matthew Rousseau is an aspiring poet who started writing at a very young age. He is on is way to competing in slam poetry competitions in his home town, Worcester, in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. He may be young, currently only 16, but his mind is full of wonder.
People may pretend to care
And volunteer to work
But after work they turn on the cold stare
In their hearts hate is what lurks
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She’s as small, yet beautiful
as the budding spring leaves
She’s as radient and strong
as a summer day
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For Liandra:
We sit and stare into oblivion
Trying to decide how to move forward
We are all lost in our own lives
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I concentrate for a week and produce an hour of homework
Trapped, buried or lost, there seems to be some sort of leak
I don’t why it has to be in the thinking process of my brain
However, My focus becomes as good as a de-railed train
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