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Bad habbits

December 1, 2017
By Griffin_Byers_91 BRONZE, Fenton, Missouri
Griffin_Byers_91 BRONZE, Fenton, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
"You miss 100% of the shots you never take" - The Great One, Wayne Gretzky


Bad habits....
We all have them they haunt our lives like ghosts of the ones we’ve banished yet somehow they still stick around only to find nothing but what stones and sticks say they couldn’t hurt but is only bound to the words that sticks and stones vowed to deal more hurt than what has been around you your whole life. Somehow they expect us to rid ourselves of these ghosts immediately when it takes time hard earned time which is already being spent trying to sell away what has cast our lives into hell and they don’t care about these habits beating and churning our spirit making us commit these habits and regretting them later but no one understands... practice doesn’t make perfect practice makes pointless... practice seems to be the way to go but when you are provided with the “away you go” it’s hard to stop these habits when you’re neglected and disregarded as nothing but the result of a bad habit they committed themselves... I didn’t choose this... had they been up to date on their arsenal of habits maybe they’d have a few more arrows to shoot in the direction of everyone needing help wishing life was nothing but cat videos and rain BOWS shooting down the shrapnel into our body’s making life a better place because what’s life without bad habits that you put in your body to make everything better... the only personality you have is the ones you put inside every morning by mouth and don’t forget to use water for easier relief from life and it’s responsibility’s and hardships. Water, the stuff that drowns us in our own personality’s that we acquire from other bad habits of leaving pill bottles on the counter waiting for a child who is full of dismay because of everyone’s bad habits, to run up and steal the bottle and find multiple personalities inside... those children show up to school the next day hoping their remedy for sadness has become a remedy for being themselves after all no one seems to like me for myself that’s why I do these habits anyways... nobody will understand why  sticks and stones may break my bones but words may break my heart. Because they know they are wrong! words can break much more than my heart... my spirit my will to live are two very important things you neglected like another of your bad habits you cover up with excuses.... why is this your fix for everything? Because they’d rather you be someone than yourself... they’d rather you be no one than someone it’s a big triangle of options that you don’t see could be an octagon of options there are more than just the ones you see are obvious because you’re oblivious to the fact you do matter! You just don’t know it yet, they expect you to be someone your not well we have something for you! I will be myself because god told me this is who I am and that’s not gonna change! For the fact that sticks and stones haven’t broken my bones but words have broken my heart. I’m using pills as a rope to tie my heart together when I could use time friends and help to be a cast that ensures the solidity of my heart... will you sign my cast and be one of the only who care about my well being while the others are well, being spoiled and treated like gods when we are in alleys living in pods made up of our dreams that they told us couldn’t be possible when all you have to do is believe and you’ll be sleeping in a mansion full of your ideas and dreams that you could make come true if only you BELIEVE! If only it was that easy... it comes back to bad habits that have scared us but these habits we must abolish and claim our right to freedom of life! We need this freedom because Our freedom of life is what makes you free to be  YOURSELF..... so sticks and stones may break your bones but the only thing words do is hurt like a bandaid for two seconds then afterwards freedom is what’s  wiping away the pain not pills. Pills take too long to rid you of pain as you can see by what you’ve become and what you are GOING to change only because of what you WANT to become vs what you ARE GOING to become.... that brings me to the end.... bad habits are not your freedom of life bad habits destroy your freedom of  YOURSELF


The author's comments:

This poem is written about my life in sixth grade and how i viewed the world and how i wanted more than anything to change it.


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m1na GOLD said...
on Dec. 24 2017 at 11:40 am
m1na GOLD, Olympia, Washington
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this is really well written, keep up the beautiful poetry