journal of poems

First I'd like to say that it's obvious that the coolest people on earth are the ones who kept a journal of poems. While all the hot cheerleaders and football players were out partying and getting laid, cool kids like me were locked up in our rooms writing our feelings in journals. I recently found my poem journal, which spans about 1998-2000.

Most of the poems are about love and being sad and secrets. I completely forgot about this journal and when I look at what I wrote, I honestly can't pin it to a particular memory. I seem to talk a lot about keeping secrets and I have no idea what I am talking about. I'm either really sad about some tragic event in my life or I am just being an emotional teenager. Teens are so damn emotional. When I look at my old journals I just want to punch myself in the face.

Anyway, here is one poem I will share called "I'm Perfect Woman." I think this is one of the more happier poems and was inspired by Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal Woman."

Circa 2000

I'm a perfect woman
My misshapen body
My reputation of being a nobody
I'm a perfect woman
The sores on my skin
The fact that I am not thin
I'm the perfect woman
My disfigured face
May bad taste
I'm the perfect woman
My annoying character
The way I always falter
I'm the perfect woman
My deep dark eyes
My crooked smile
I'm a perfect woman
The odd way I walk
The funny way I talk
I'm a perfect woman
My hidden feelings
My deep dark secrets
I'm a perfect woman

I'm pretty sure I wrote this during a time when I was working on an assignment for English class and I picked Maya Angelou to profile. I remember being really inspired by Maya Angelou.


p.s. I wouldn't be surprised if I stumble upon a book of songs I wrote. I must've done one of those too at some point in my life.