Let's give this a try

I've never honestly tried to write a poem before, but here we go. I've decided that my very first poem will be about adversity. Adversity's a cool word.

Adversity

This poem's about adversity
That's what it's all about
Man, writing poems is real hard
Let's get started now

Life's sometimes got you floating on clouds
Sometimes it's got you stuck in valleys
It's not always a non-stop party
We just gotta deal, after all, what can we do?

There's one problem though
One poison in our world
It's name is adversity
It's a perpetual lose-lose

There's always going to be people
not wishing the best of you
They'll always be knocking you down
Clawing you from your lofty perch

What I don't understand is
Why bring each other down
When we have so much
To bring us down already

Why add weight
to someone else's hot air baloon
when you should be
trying to lighten your own load?

One of life's mysteries
As to why people act this way
But it's not that important
Because what matters at the end of the day

Is you know who you are
You know what you're capable of
Stay true to yourself
Then in the end

Adversity will never be
Your foe.
Adversity will be
Your friend.

Strengthens you
Feeds you
Motivates you
Fuels you

Because in a world where everyone's looking down
You'll be the only one looking up



Well, that was it. I feel kind of cliche`d. But it was fun to write a poem. Writing a poem has a flow to it for me that I don't get from just writing paragraphs. It feels like music almost. But from typing. You know what I mean.