Through the Eyes of Alicia Keys


This poem was written from the perspective of Alicia Keys. I read one of her poems [The Shore (You Shore?)] and rewrote it in my own words but with the same thought she wrote her poem with. I did use some of her lines so that the poem can actually refer to her work. If there wasn't any of her work in it, how is it her thoughts?

Staying happy really isn't too easy,

stress, work it's driving me crazy.

Each and everyday it gets harder as the day goes by,

but I am persistent and determined enough to look at it right in the eye.



With all this confusion that I feel inside,

I have become a mess with this good for nothing guide.

A guide to this wondrous world I have explored and experienced,

but maybe I just haven't looked as it as so serious.



I know that my life isn't a joke,

but every time that I seem to think about it, I choke.

I can't breath, holding on to my life,

No one can save me, no one but Christ.



I question myself where is the so visible line?

The line between "insanity and sanity,

pleasure and pain,

life and death [and] love and hate!"



The line is your mind,

right between your very own eyes.

The line is made by your own thoughts,

sometimes it may not be so visible but look a little harder and you'll find you've also been caught.

Posted: Tue - March 1, 2005 at 05:03 PM          


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