Poetry that thinks out loud
NIEGHBORHOOD WATCH: HOW MUCH CAN ONE MAN TAKE?
So much noise around me
I'm surrounded by these sounds.
The music it is blaring
And in my mind it pounds.
My neighbors they seem friendly,
But annoy me all the same.
At times it really gets too much
There's a beast in me to tame.
Sometimes inside I'm screaming
As this beast wants to be free.
But I must resist and keep it caged;
This beast they will not see.
I write inside my journal
All the things in which they do.
I watch them and their buddies
And hear that noisy crew.
One night it really got too bad
So I went to see them so.
I politely asked, “Please, keep it down.”
Then they told me where to go.
The words that left their mouths
Were as foul as I had heard.
Inside I raged, but kept it in
As my mind replayed each word.
Now they know it angers me;
They have become much worse.
Throw beer cans in my garden
As they shout and curse.
It's bottling up inside me
I dare not leave my home.
I can't bear to face them;
So outside I will not roam.
Each night when they are sleeping
I sneak out to a store.
To get my food and life supplies
So I'm not seen no more.
I hoped that it would die down
And all just go away.
But no! They would not let it go
This war was here to stay.
They had dug up all my flowers
And pissed up my front door.
The anger brewed inside me
As I curled up on the floor.
Crying in a state of rage
I then began to shake.
Asking myself, quietly,
How much can one man take?
I'm surrounded by these sounds.
The music it is blaring
And in my mind it pounds.
My neighbors they seem friendly,
But annoy me all the same.
At times it really gets too much
There's a beast in me to tame.
Sometimes inside I'm screaming
As this beast wants to be free.
But I must resist and keep it caged;
This beast they will not see.
I write inside my journal
All the things in which they do.
I watch them and their buddies
And hear that noisy crew.
One night it really got too bad
So I went to see them so.
I politely asked, “Please, keep it down.”
Then they told me where to go.
The words that left their mouths
Were as foul as I had heard.
Inside I raged, but kept it in
As my mind replayed each word.
Now they know it angers me;
They have become much worse.
Throw beer cans in my garden
As they shout and curse.
It's bottling up inside me
I dare not leave my home.
I can't bear to face them;
So outside I will not roam.
Each night when they are sleeping
I sneak out to a store.
To get my food and life supplies
So I'm not seen no more.
I hoped that it would die down
And all just go away.
But no! They would not let it go
This war was here to stay.
They had dug up all my flowers
And pissed up my front door.
The anger brewed inside me
As I curled up on the floor.
Crying in a state of rage
I then began to shake.
Asking myself, quietly,
How much can one man take?
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NIEGHBORHOOD WATCH: HOW MUCH CAN ONE MAN TAKE?
NIEGHBORHOOD WATCH: HOW MUCH CAN ONE MAN TAKE?
