This is a poem I wrote as a junior in highschool.
It was an assignment in my English class that we had to enter the Reflections competition, in which you write a story or a poem, or take a picture, or something like that. Anyway, I wrote this. Then, that same week, we were given an extra credit opportunity to go to an open house reading even at this downtown bookstore, so I went and read it there aswell.


I wonder why I didn’t get to know you sooner,
I wonder why I waited so long,
I should have been by your side,
I should have been with you every moment.

At first I was afraid to meet you,
I didn’t want to show you who I was,
But now I feel lonely without you,
And now I regret the time I wasted.

Maybe we could still be together,
If it wasn’t for my shyness,
Maybe I wouldn’t be where I am
If I had met you just one moment sooner.

I spend all of my time, thinking of all the time I wasted,
I spend my time thinking of what could have been,
I spend my time loathing what is,
I wish I could spend my time with you.

But after all, I don’t think I should feel this sad,
Please, don’t think of me bad,
But now that I think about it I’m not so mad
Well, you were sort of a crappy goldfish anyway.