Here’s one I wrote today. (I started during class but my teacher typically took it away..;))
Round Trip
The world
Big, round and wide
Had seemed to push me
Off its side.
I felt too sheltered
Of narrow mind
So cut off
Of mankind.
The world winked
With its glamorous glitz
I felt deprived
At the end of my wits.
Like a red cloth
Waved at a bull
The world urged me
To end the life so dull.
A new life
I was going to lead
For the glorious future
Plant a seed.
I would conquer
A world so vast
True happiness
I’ll reach at last.
But in my mouth
There was a bitter taste
I was disappointed
It was all a waste.
There was no meaning
There was no goal
For I failed
To tend to my soul.
I packed my belongings
And turned to leave
My long lost Emunah
I will now retrieve.
I’ll return to the roots
I’ve once betrayed
And for the first time
Really prayed.
I am now sheltered
Once again
But now I know
I’ve found a bargain.