#45

“Ruined in a Day”


I wake up in a pretty happy and good mood.
For the start of the day, I’m in a good mood.
Then when I got to school, the day was not that great.
My clueless mind would soon lead me to today’s fate.

I trip on someone’s foot and I fall.
I drop my books all over the hall.
The girl that I love makes fun of me.
Everybody stares and laughes at me.

I go to my first class and I failed the test.
Next time I’ll try more, even though I tried my best.
My second class, I am about ten minutes late.
That was the fifth time in a row that I was late.

After that class, I get bad looks by the girl I love.
I know that I have no chance with the girl I love.
My third class was bad because I forgot my work.
My teacher looks down on me and thinks I’m a jerk.

At lunch, I drop my lunch tray all over the floor.
When I clean my mess, I head to the hallway door.
I go look in the mirror.  I am all messy.
Now my shirt and my pants and my shoes are messy.

I go to my last class smelling like today’s lunch.
People sitting by me made fun of me a bunch.
I sure do feel stupid.  This day is horrible.
I’ve never had a day that was this terrible.

I get on the bus. Lots of clean people I see.
But the mustard stains on me are easy to see.
I want to get home to get these clothes off me.
When I’m home there are no new clothes left to be.

I go home and the girl I love gives me a call.
She says I have no chance to be with her at all.
Everything today was terrible as can be.
But that phone call was the worst that happened to me.

Now I am so depressed and I am so lonely.
This is the worst day that ever happened to me.
I got hurt by reality in every way.
This was the worst time to be ruined in a day.

4-6-97
10:55PM



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