Inside my head,

there is a poem.

But for the life of me

I can’t seem to get it out.

 

I’ve tried pencils, pens,

I’ve tried my keyboard,

but no matter what I do,

it’s just no use.

The words stay trapped,

floating forever in my little head.

 

My heart screams, “You jerk!

All this pain and

all this misery you’ve put me through,

you can’t find one way to release it?

To put it into form?

How rude.”

 

My mind grumbles, “Have you really forgotten?

Every memory, every incident,

have they really escaped you?

Here they are, replaying every minute inside your head

But you don’t care.

I guess I’m the only one who remembers.”

 

I wrestle with my heart and mind

I scream, “You’re wrong!

I remember!  I feel!

Every last drop of Hope

Pain

Love

Sadness

Happiness

They’re all here!

Begging and gasping

to be released into a poem.”

 

But it’s no use,

because there the poem stays:

Trapped inside my head.

Forever

 

 

Since she could first talk, Lauren Drop has always loved words.  Over the years, she has written short stories and poems, but “Inside My Head” is her first published piece.  Her major literary heroes include F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, and Edith Wharton.  She also loves everything Old Hollywood and cites Charlie Chaplin and Lucille Ball as two of her biggest inspirations.  When she’s not writing, Lauren loves to bake, cross-stitch, and make jewelry…though not all at once.