Emø Poetry
“I, and many other people, always feel a level of cringe when we look back at our old work. I wanted to explore that by looking at my own terrible emo poetry from years ago, and my current views on them. I also wanted to look at how I’m still going to have those feelings in the future from now. I’ll probably think me posting this is extremely cringey.”
November 3, 2020
“I get in the shower, put on my uniform,
Leave my house, and follow the social norms.”
Man, this all looks like utter trash
I can’t believe I thought so crass
“I walk down the road with only a frown
And I can do now is fall down,”
I laugh cuz’ this all seems so cheap,
I was being completely fake deep
I’m looking back at my 8th-grade emo poetry,
Looking back wondering why I wrote so stupidly
But behind the words, I can see me struggling those days,
I’m kinda glad I went through that dumb phase.
“The words and meaning of this rhapsody,
Is seen by everyone else as total blasphemy”.
No, it isn’t, it’s just seen as dumb angst,
But now I just see it as humorous, thanks
I wrote a whole album called “eye”
Basically saying we live in a society
It was so dumb, I still can’t believe
That it was actually written by me
I’m looking back at my 9th-grade emo poetry,
Looking back wondering why I wrote so stupidly
But behind the words, I can see me struggling those days,
I’m kinda glad I went through that dumb phase.
Then what do I call what I’m doing right now,
How is this different from the past, wow.
I’m still writing all of this emo poetry,
I know that it’s dumb, but honestly, it’s helping me
And though these words, I try to understand my struggling days
I’m kinda glad I’m not done with this phase.