I Don't Have to Rhyme
"Life is like a box of chocolates
"You never know what you're gonna get"
Life isn't simple.
It isn't just living day-to-day.
It takes planning, pursuits, failures, and woes.
Still, you don't always get what you expect.
Sometimes things go wrong.
Life is like poetry.
Sometimes it flows.
Its rhymes seem so perfect.
But sometimes it's just words on a page
T
U
M
B
L
I
N
G
down.
Sometimes it doesn't make sense.
You can't decipher one meaning from another.
Sometimes you have to turn the book
Just to read what's written.
Sometimes poems have
Strict syllabic structure and
You can't break the rules.
Five syllables here
Next Line Seven Syllables
Five again: Haiku
Letters sometimes have meaning
Every letter comes another word
To bring about feelings of importance
To show someone that it matters
Every letter has a purpose
Rather it be name or spoken word
Sometimes, though, it's difficult to write
Which is why life is like poetry
It bends, it twists, it turns
It hardly ever has structure.
Sometimes it doesn't even have a point.
It doesn't have to be perfect.
Life is like poetry, it doesn't always flow in time.
And just like poetry, I don't always have to rhyme.