POEM STARTER
'Backwards'
Use this single word to inspire a poem.
Back Down
Why am I going backwards?
Rolling back down the hill
I just made my way up here
I hadn’t gotten my fill
I try to reach out
And make new connections
But they keep breaking apart
Into weird shaped sections
I can’t give everyone attention
At the very same time
I’ll try the best I can
Maybe I’ll cross the line
It was going really well
Friends and all
But ever since E & J broke up
My worlds begin to fall
I have been pushed backwards
When they made a group without me
But Yk maybe afterwards
They’ll realize they forgot me
Why do people keep drifting away
I need them to stop
I need them to stay
I need them all to stay where they are
So that I can make sure
They all know that theyre loved
And my love for them is pure
I’m not their best friend
I’m merely an option
But I would carry all their burdens
If they put them up for adoption
If I try to get closer to one
The other gets abandoned
My soaring social life
Has recently landed
How to make it fly?
I don’t really know
The best I can do
Is have it fly low
I had no friends
So I went and got more
But now they’re all leaving
And shutting the door
I need them to stay.
I need them in my life
I can’t go back to before
With a dead social life
I hope that they notice
That I’m feeling blue
Will anybody notice?
Will they ever get the clue?
For now I’ll be happy
Be the spunky mom friend
Try to weigh my options
Before my inevitable end
I’m going backwards
It used to be good
But now I’m going backwards
And I’m misunderstood
Rolling back down
I hope I don’t crash
Find a way to land soft
With merely a scratch
I miss the top
The peak of the hill
I don’t want to be happy
By taking a pill