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Buoyant MAG
April 7, 2012
I used to be popularity's anchor;
I sank to the ocean floor.
I've been splashed with drama
Drowned by rumors
Drenched with gossip
Tossed around by the tides of trends
Swept away by peer pressure's rip current;
Lost at sea.
I was washed ashore by lost hope.
Then my mind learned to swim.
My reputation flourished with fins.
My personality sprouted gills.
I treaded water through psychological typhoon.
I stood tall against verbal cyclones
I endured emotional monsoons.
I've seen rough and calm waters
Failure and success have ebbed and flowed
And I've been swimming against the current ever since.
But now, in the vast seas of popularity, I am no longer sinking
Nor swimming
I am simply just
Floating.
© Katey C., Malibu, CA
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LongLazyDays55 BRONZE said...
on Jan. 25 2013 at 4:02 pm
I love this poem! Anybody can relate to it and i like the use of imagery. :)
forever1218 said...
on Jan. 19 2013 at 7:15 pm
Wow thats amazing! Love the ending!
BlueAndRedInk GOLD said...
on Jan. 17 2013 at 7:52 pm
nice imagery
Hi lbeard510, I'd like to say congratulations on being published in Teen Ink. This poem is honest and I love the title. On another note, your taste in music is excellent. I had no idea someone else could adore Eric Hutchinson AND Billy Joel AND the Beatles!!! They are my absolute favorite artists, and it is so wonderful to see someone who appreciates their music as much as I do. I also play piano, so I guess we have a lot in common! Thank you so much for your poetry, and enjoy your music. :)
This poem is so amazing!! This is just what I felt like last year, I was trying so hard to fit in that I lost myself in the sea of everbody else! That's when I relized why would I want to be like everyone else I was born original and I will not die a copy. But yeah this was a excellent poem!
pl4tinum3mphasis said...
on Jan. 7 2013 at 7:59 pm
HOLY AMAZING. I love this, It is simply perfect. That's all I can say...perfect.
Padfoot507 PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 3 2013 at 12:43 am
This was beautifully worded, and so truthful. Amazing descriptions and imagery, really wonderful job! Congrats on being published, keep it up! (:
KristinHopkins8 SILVER said...
on Jan. 2 2013 at 3:39 pm
good point you make here, i feel the same way!
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