Sometimes I feel like my poems are too short,
I could make them a little longer I guess,
But sometimes short and punchy is good,
After all, I don’t want to end up like Walt Whitman,
My God, he’s boring!
Sometimes I feel like my poems are too depressing,
I write most of my poems as my usual happy self,
But sometimes I feel depressed and lonely and in desperate need of an outlet,
But I don’t want to end up like Sylvia Plath,
She went crazy and killed herself,
I’m crazy in a fun way,
Not in an asylum kind of way!
Sometimes I feel like my poems are too damn cheerful and funny,
I’m usually a happy, easily amused person,
But most poetry is dark and deep,
I don’t want to end up like Dr. Seuss,
Making up words and having a ridiculous pseudonym!
But I guess all poetry is weird in one way or another,
I guess I’ll keep myself and my poems pleasantly strange.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem