Today i read a poem a friend had written. I really enjoyed both of the ones that i read that she wrote. After i read it, i had this feeling of writing a song. It inspired me to think back about summers past (the poem was about that) and write about it. so i did. then i told her that she inspired me to write and i said i really liked it. i thought to myself after that that poems and songs are basically the same. people always tell me im lucky i can write songs. As my friend Katie once told me, songs are basically glorified poems with music added to it. therefore i think that is true. if you can write poems, you can write songs. to be honest, most of my songs that ive written dont even have music to it so technically i still call them songs. But i also write poems too sometimes. i wrote one about a month or two ago just to write one. i was just talking with a friend and it came to me. it has nothing to do with my life or what ive experienced (which most of my songs are). i showed this to my friend and i told her that i just wrote it, and she enjoyed it. i hope you guys enjoy it too
It is called "Don't Leave"
Now they say, don’t worry, my dear
But I said, “How can I not worry when you’re leaving
I don’t want you to leave”
“I‘ll guard your heart don’t worry
I will always love you”
So that day he left
There was nothing I could do
He thought he was doing what was right
But he knew I loved him ever since I saw him
And what he was doing wasn’t right
Every now and again, I’ll read a letter
And think of him
Imagine him lying next to me in bed
With his arms around my shoulders, hands at waist
I’ll cry myself to sleep
Because I can only worry
That one day I’ll never forget
I was happy when I woke up
But then my joy turned into pain
When they knocked on the door and I heard those voices
I had to run away
Now they say, don’t worry, my dear
But I said, “How can I not worry when he’s gone
I didn’t want him to go”
He said he’d come back
But now he’s down in the ground
The song i was talking about before that was inspired by that poem i shall also post for you. when you read it, it will sound like a poem, but i promise i actually have music to this one.
Do you remember the days when all we had was all day
thinking about how to have more fun
when all we could think is what to do next
and wishing the days would never end
[chorus] oh those were the days
ohh those were the days
oh those were the days
those were the days
sitting outside, loving the weather
playing soccer barefoot in the street
oh how it hurt, but still we had fun
back in those days
bike rides down the streets
took us to a new place
now it seems so small
but it wasnt back then
[c]
and now all those days are done
it seems like they happened so long ago
now we worry and stress
over things we dont know
oh how those days bring back good memories
[c]
Both of those were my original works, no one elses. I hope you liked them and now are going to cotemplate about songs and poems.
~Peace 'n' Love~
Mike
