Green Light

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It might have been little league;

might have been Gatsby;

might have been Hardball, where all of the gats be;

might have been Dad helping me out with ball,

encouraging me even when I would fall;

 

It might have been Nick from junior year high,

that teacher that made us believe we could fly;

or maybe it might have been Tommy from ‘blink,’

and how he would feel it and not try to think;

 

It might have been Billy Joe;

might have been Yeezy;

might have been Mom making writing so easy;

might have been how she just got me to flow

my thoughts to the paper and see it all grow;

 

It might have been movies;

might have been music;

might have been mentors that told me to use it;

now thinking about it, I see in hindsight

just how many sources showed me the green light….

Comments

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I've been trying to write a poem about my personal inspirations. When it's complete, I hope it is half as good as this one! I think it's cool how you drew inspiration from two vastly different genres of music, and created something new.

AnthonySantino

Thank you for the kind words! And, like, I'm sure you've heard, just keep true to what YOU want to write about and it'll come together beautifully, I'm sure. :)

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