I don’t want to close my eyes,
I want to stay awake and live what I haven’t lived
I want to go back to my youth and pick up the pieces of a broken teenager
And convince the little one that he can be happy
I want to sit again in front of my parents stereo
And listen to that record for the very first time
I want to rise on my tippy-toes to look at myself in the mirror
To get scared again thinking that image its not mine, scream and run
I want to feel free to dance in the street bring in the new year
To jump into some stranger’s track with as many friends as I had
To celebrate the victory of a national soccer team I never cared about
I want to bring food to the soldiers on that train going south
I want to again use my white beret
And walk in the march of hope in a country that was not mine
I want to be on a stage again
Be the star of that small role and enjoy that fraction of applause that was mine
I don’t want to close my eyes
I want to live again all those moments that made my life so great
The family, the friends, the lovers that are gone
The toys that I don’t have anymore
The book I couldn’t finish
The film non-produced
The trip I never made
I refuse to close my eyes too soon
I reclaim an extension of my youth
More time to remember
More time to live.
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Very nice!
ReplyDeleteAs a friend: it's nice to reminisce about your past but remember you cannot wish to re-live them. That's why you create new memories, and embrace the new journey that awaits you.
ReplyDeleteAs your boyfriend: it made me jealous and sad to know that you wish to re-live your life with your former lovers.
As a critic: you should have shorter sentences, there are a few gramatical mistakes(none too serious), I would have worded it different but you don't have to follow that, but other than that very well done. Your ideas are articulate, and your development and structure are both easy; making this a poem easy to read and to relate to.