I wonder what it’d be like to be… - Poetry - Jenn Lundell

My Rainbow Eyes - Poetry by Jenn Lundell

I wonder what it’d be like to be…

Walking through the school can’t be late for class. Gotta keep my grades
up, gotta bust my ass. My parents put pressure on me to be exactly what they
were. I can’t just be average, I have to keep the top score.
I wonder what it’d be like to be someone else who isn’t me. The voices in
my head tell me here’s what I should be…

Walking through the school, hey look over there it’s Jack. I have homework
late all over the place, when I get home I’ll lower the stack.
I wonder what it’d be like to be someone else who isn’t me. The voices in
my head tell me here’s what I should be…

Walking through the school, why does everyone stare and give me those
looks? And they all wonder why I always hide behind my books. I’ll never
succeed and really I don’t mind, I have my friends to get me through the
rough and the tough of it, to stay happy and stay kind.
I wonder what it’d be like to be someone else who isn’t me. The voices in
my head tell me here’s what I should be…

Walking through the school, I have to look just right. What are you talking
about? These pants totally aren’t too tight. Like, everybody loves me, for
sure of course they do. And you better want me but I’ll never want you!
I wonder what it’d be like to be someone else who isn’t me. The voices in
my head tell me here’s what I should be…
Walking through the school, just kidding I just rolled out of bed. It’s
11:00 I’m hella late and the shrooms are still in my head. I slip on my pot
leave tee, since those hits of acid I can’t really see. I put on my 100%
hemp made purse and wander out the door, hoping I won’t get to school and
pass out on the floor.
I wonder what it’d be like to be someone else who isn’t me. The voices in
my head tell me here’s what I should be…

A perfect little daddy’s girl, A laid back worry free girl, The one who
walks alone and is more and more different each day, The popular girl who
every one loves , the one who had everything? Or the stoner girl, everyone’s
main supply, it’s alright, it’s okay just toke it up some more…
Jenn Lundell 5-29-01