poetry, music, and me

Beginning my schooldays with poetry in my first hour would not have been exactly exciting for me.

However, over winter break I've been listening to a lot of music, especially one of my all time favorite lyricists, Taylor Swift. And I've had more than one time I felt she was a lyrical genius (not as good as Aesop Rock, but still good enough).

Take these lines from a couple difference songs for example:

"I brought a knife to a gun fight"

or "the rust that grew between telephones"

or " But if the story's over why am I still writing pages?"

 These simple, yet metaphorical lines made me understand that songs with straight up lyrics aren't really my cup of tea. I want a singer that talks in code, someone you have to completely break down the lyrics of to fully understand. Someone who can consistently use wordplay and use it as something more than just a meaningless flashy one line (aka Lil Wayne (although I love Lil Wayne)).

Although I can't do that, that is exactly what poetry is to me. Even though it makes almost zero sense sometimes, it is something that offers a challenge. And while I still may zone out in our poetry lesson, the other times I'm more locked in than I've ever been.

my turn:

Senioritis is a lazy tide,
Waves of work we try to hide.
The clock’s a thief, its hands move slow,
While dreams of freedom start to glow.

Books are mountains, tall and steep,
But we’re just clouds, too tired to leap.
The finish line’s a distant star,
And we’re the comets, caught too far.