broken bikes

of songs

Once on a white piece of paper with no lines

        he wrote a song

And he called it "Lola,"

        because that was the name of the girl next door

And she's what it was all about

And he sang it in front of her

        at the school dance

And all the other girls swooned

        and threw jealous glances at Lola

That was the year the science teacher

        took the whole class to the museum

And he let them sneak gum into the building

And his little sister was born

        with tiny toenails and no hair

And his mother and father kissed a lot

And Lola sent him a 

        Valentine signed with a row of X's

        and his older brother laughed at the row of X's on the card

        and said that they were child's play

And his father always tucked in him bed at night

And was always there to do it

Once on a piece of yellow paper with green lines

        he wrote a song

And he called it "Summer,"

        because that was the name of the season

And that's what it was all about

And he sang it for Lola

        at her birthday party

But none of the other girls swooned

        because they were too busy talking to their boyfriends

And his classmates told him

        that the science teacher cheated on his wife

And had to sleep the backseat of his car

        because he had been kicked out of his house

That was the year his sister got braces

        with pink brackets and shiny silver wires

And Lola looked at him funny

        when he asked her to go to the Christmas parade

And the neighbor kids told him why

        his mother and father kissed a lot

And his father never tucked him in bed at night

And his father got mad

        when he cried for him to do it

Once on the back of a napkin from a fast-food restaurant

        he wrote a song

And he called it "Hopeless and Hopeful,"

        because that was the question about Lola

And she's what it was all about

And he never sang it to her

        because he knew that she would cry again

        like she did so often now

And none of the other girls would swoon

        because they were always off with their boyfriends

That was the year the science teacher was arrested

        for something that had to do with his ex-wife

And he forgot how the end

        of The Great Gatsy went

And he caught his sister

        who no longer had braces with pink brackets and shiny silver wires

        making out on the back porch

And his mother and father never kissed

        or even talked

And Lola wore too much makeup

And forced his hands under her shirt

        when he kissed her

        but he kissed her anyway

        because that was the thing to do

And at three a.m. he tucked himself into bed

        and listened to his father snoring soundly

That's why on the back of a drugstore receipt

        he tried another song

And he called it "Searching for Solace,"

        because that's what it was really all about

And gave himself a round of applause

        and a slash on each damned wrist

And sang it to himself in the bathroom

        because this time he didn't think

        he could reach wherever Lola was

>> another poem based on the brilliant writings of stephen chbosky in the perks of being a wallflower. if you've read it, then you know that this is a variation on the poem charlie read to patrick on the night of the christmas party (it made me cry). i changed it up, but the idea is still the same. the parts that are indented are excerpted word-for-word from perks. all credit goes back to stephen chbosky, of course. 

>> also, the song on the side is a flares, by the script. please listen to it, bc i'm sure you could use a pretty song to make you feel better after these horribly sad poem.