others may have wine, i have poetry

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute.

We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.

And the human race is filled with passion.

And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.

But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

Dead Poet's Society

Saturday, July 17, 2010

shades of grey..

I promised I'd be good
I said I'd never go astray
but back then I thought
that I'd always know my way

I promised to stay in line
I said I'd always pray
but back then I thought
I knew the night from day

I said I'd always be nice
and the truth I'd always say
but life was then a bed of roses
not just a game people play

I said I'd follow all the rules
and I tried to always obey
but back then you promised
that you'd never go away

I promised to be faithful
I said I'd never betray
But then it was all black and white
there were no shades of gray

7 comments:

indi said...

Back then is such a safe place to be, no? :( Changes, maturity... Too many things to handle.

kappameencurry said...

i like the twist in the end

kappameencurry said...

i love the twist at the end

Anonymous said...

but back then you promised
that you'd never go away

beautiful line.

Nrithya said...

This is so good! I love!

Anonymous said...

i loved the last four lines.

Vinothini said...

I love this one. For reasons you know best. Well actually it's a common coming -of- age revelation.
Life! How much it inspires us to write!