Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Are you still watching? Still Judging?

When I was in High School we were taught about a "Found Poem" Found poetry is a type of poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages from other sources and reframing them as poetry by making changes in spacing and lines, or by altering the text by additions or deletions. We did this with poetry by Walt Whitman, and Robert Frost. I thought it was very interesting, and decided I would try it with songs, by Taylor Swift. Because I love Taylor Swift. Remember I do not own any of Taylor Swifts songs and what I am doing is out of pure amusement for myself. I admire Taylor Swifts ability to write good lyrics, and I am only doing a mash up of her songs to create a "Found Poem" not for personal gain in any way. In conclusion I don't own the lyrics, and would not like a law suit on my hands. I would also like to thank Taylor Swift for her gift, and for being willing to share that gift with all of us. The mash up I'm making is a mash up of songs that aren't happy ones but more tell a story of hurt and pain, and unhappily ever afters. I find that life can be bittersweet emphasize on the bitter part. I've hurt, felt pain, and continually have been watched and judged and its exhausting. It surprises me that people still follow my every move when it's obvious their opinion of me will never change, and I have lost interest in pleasing them. But if you must, keep watching because I'm sure I will do something completely crazy you'll least expect, hey I'm a Jarvis at heart what can I say we go out with a bang!

You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
And when you take,
You take the very best of me
This is the last straw
Don't wanna hurt anymore
And you can tell me that you're sorry
But I don't believe
You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that you use against me
You have knocked me off my feet again
You have pointed out my flaws again
I walk with my head down
Trying to block you out 'cause I'll never impress you
I bet you got pushed around
Somebody made you cold
But the cycle ends right now
Cause you can't lead me down that road
Now I'm standing alone in a crowded room and we're not speaking,
And I'm dying to know is it killing you like it's killing me,
All this time I was wasting,
Hoping you would come around
This is the last straw
Don't wanna hurt anymore
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever going to be is mean
All you are is mean
And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean
I was naive
This ain't a fairy tale




The end...

1 comment:

Jordan said...

Your such a good writer! Don't ever stop!!