disillusioned wishlist

* Hello there! After a considerable absence from the forum during the holidays, I am glad to be back! I trust that all of you had a pleasant Holiday Season! This being my first poem written in the New Year, I thought it only fitting that it should be my first post for 2006. The poem is kind of a New Year resolution for me: I don’t want to become the person described here. Anyway, stay safe people! gummo. * I wish that I could go on home and end this rotten day, to hide inside my darkened room from mean things children say… …I wish that I was all grown up to move out of this house. I hate the way my parents fight, the way they scream and shout… …I wish that I could finish school and finally graduate, to leave behind these stupid fools to whom I don’t relate …I wish this year would fly right by just like a paper plane. I wish I didn’t hate my job where every day’s the same… I wish I had a drink on hand so that I can get rid of this nagging feeling I fucked up just like my parents did… …I wish I’d realized sooner that your life requires toil. How can a farmer have crops grow if he doesn’t work the soil? One shouldn’t rush throughout your life, but live from day to day. I wish I hadn’t spent my life wishing it away…