DO YOU USE YOUR FREE WILL
TO DO GOOD OR BAD
IS GOD PROUD OF YOU
OR ARE YOU A MISTAKE
DO YOU LIVE AND LET LIVE
CAN YOU TRULY FORGIVE
ARE YOUR MORALS INTACT
OR DO YOU JUST REACT
Author's Notes/Comments:
THIS POEM CAME TO ME AS I WAS LISTENING TO AN OLD FAVE SONG OF MINE LEARN HOW TO LIVE BY BILLY SQUIER...I USED TO LISTEN TO THAT SONG A LOT. I USED TO PLAY THE LYRIC MELODY ON MY ELECTRIC GUITAR...I GAVE UP PLAYING GUITAR CUZ IT HURT MY FINGERS TOO MUCH. I WOULD PLAY HARD IN SPURTS AND MY FINGERTIPS WOULD GET TORN UP...NEVER PLAYED LONG ENOUGH TO DEVELOP CALLOUSES TO PROTECT THEM...IT HURT TOO MUCH...ANYWAY I LISTENED TO IT A LOT AND PLAYED ALONG IN MY OWN WAY...IT INSPIRED ME TO WRITE THIS POEM TODAY...THINKING OF THE THEME OF THE SONG LEARN HOW TO LIVE...WE ARE ALL IN THE SCHOOL OF LIFE...HOW MANY ARE PASSING OR FAILING THESE DAZE...HMMM