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Backwards

January 3, 2024
By King_KDA ELITE, Burlington, Washington
King_KDA ELITE, Burlington, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"Numquam finitur, donec vita finiatur."
- K. D'Angelo Alexander


Sdrawkcab, my life seems

Backwards, seems my life


I enjoy the Darkness,

While others long for Light


It appears as if my life is regressing,

An adult, but still a child?


Had to mature quick,

There was no time to smile


And now as I approach adulthood,

They want me to “be a kid?”


I do not understand their intentions,

Or why they did


Ask me to “grow up,”

Contradicting themselves


As my life’s an earthquake,

Going up and down, things falling

From the shelves, I no longer

Even frown


Backwards

That’s life, I suppose

Nothing but drawbacks, and strife,

I don’t know


The author's comments:

This poem is about feelings of disorder, and congruence.

Hence why the format, and words seem somewhat "free-verse."

(Also note that "drawbacks" is an anagram for "backwards." Kind of fitting, and funny, right?)


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