a fly on my shoulder



I stood quiet
bin loud
started riots
smoked clouds
left it behind when i was left behind
did time for a very long time
I've walk the line for cash many times
my only true friend is the moon

I've  witness the unforgivable
smelt death when i was gullible
life is incredible
it would eat you if you where edible

seen corruption with my own eyes
the fly's that eat my stomach
feel like  a thousand hives that i cant stomach

About this poem

i use to be a rapper but i gave it up .. felt like i needed to express myself ...chip on the shoulder .. yet i wasn't able to complete it :(

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Written on February 11, 2022

Submitted by flash007 on February 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 435
Words 96
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 4, 3

josh

I'm 16, I live in Colorado.And I believe in God.I come from a big family, and most of em are moving out by now.I love music, probably too much. I always have my headphones handy if I need to escape.I dont care about the "Rules" of poetry. To me, Poetry is how I express myself and how I share my thoughts and opinions with others.If I can read it, It's worth reading.(Unless it's a sex poem, Those are just worthless.)Please leave a comment if you read my poems and feel you have something to say.It seems like people just zero bomb some of my stuff when I first upload it, I dont mind it, I just wish that people could leave critisism about how I could do better instead of simply destroying my ratings.If you feel like giving me a bad rating, please tell me why.That's all :)"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." Carl SaganMy blog: http://silenceiscomplicated.blogspot.com/ more…

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