my world

this is my world

I can do no wrong here

everything that I decide is immediately accepted as right

the power could go to my head

the power of poetry

it's a commonly held belief that those who chose academia over athletics 

were weak

pathetic

powerless

oh, how mistaken they were!

imagine the possibilities

with a flick of a pen

countries have been created

peoples freed

nations built

life celebrated

with the flick of a pen

countries have been crushed

peoples murdered

nations abandoned

life destroyed

the pen is mightier than the sword

welcome to my world

you can do no wrong here

everything that you decide is immediately accepted as right

this power could have quite an effect on you

on your world

the power of poetry

written with the mightiest sword

my coloring book

i scribble in my coloring book
i'm mad 'cause it's not like my brother's drawing pad
so i make great big ugly streaks on the pages

'cause it's the book's fault

why couldn't it be a real drawing book?
why does it have to be this stupid bunch of pictures?
of things i don't care about and didn't make myself?

if i could have my way, it would be full of blank pages you can see through
and I'd draw whatever I wanted
I'd use my new crayons
full of cobalt blue and sea foam green

and i wouldn't draw houses or roads
i'd draw pretty things
like my mom
and my brother
and my church

but they think that 'cause i'm just a kid, i'll be happy with simple shapes
and solid lines and things that don't matter

but if i had my brother's drawing book
I'd show them.
I'd show them the world the way I see it.
Not the way they want me to.