I’m Bored
Tashantie Thomas
Bored you say, bored indeed
Bored with nothing to do but to succeed
Bored in your house, yes, you’re bored in your home
Bored with your family, friends or alone
Bored is a statement, bored isn’t a fact
You think you’re bored; I think there are words better than that
You look out your window
You stare at the sun; you look at the trees and…
“Yep, I’m done.”
Stare at the wall or stare at your phone
Hating the haunting feeling of being alone
Creeping upon you, glaring you down
Silently whispering, “Who’s in control now?”
More time to think, lost in your thoughts
Memories and theories all of a sort
Stories and poems, there’s so much to do
Too bored, too lazy so nothing’s for you
Bored you say, bored indeed
Bored with nothing to do but to succeed
Bored in your house, yes, you’re bored in your home
Bored with your family, friends or alone
Bored is a statement, bored isn’t a fact
You think you’re bored; I think there are words better than that
Circling your house for the millionth time
“I can’t believe I miss school?!”
You say in a sigh
Struggling intensely, going insane
Tears like acid, a pounding in your brain
And finally, a conclusion has been made
An agreement, not staged
We have brought this upon ourselves
This is a lesson, we ourselves have made
We hurt our earth, putting it through excruciating pain
Ruining its sea life, forests and air – straight to its brain
We’re smart enough to have discovered the moon, light years and most things around it
But treat the earth we live on less than a piece of garbage
Bored you say, bored indeed
Bored with nothing to do but to succeed
Bored in your house, yes, you’re bored in your home
Bored with your family, friends or alone
Bored is a statement, bored isn’t a fact
You think you’re bored; I think there are words better than that
Next time you complain, just stop to think
We have ruined our earth, dipped it in black ink
So isolated, so broken
And yet we leave it to fix itself
We’ve ruined so many beauties
On this planet, earth’s shell
People are dying, how do you feel?
Covid’s taken over, it’s on the winning field
Why you may ask, yes why indeed
This curse is only because of all our bad deeds
Our earth showed us tears and we turned away
And now it’s trying to get back its own way
Bored you say, bored indeed
Bored with nothing to do but to succeed
Bored in your house, yes, you’re bored in your home
Bored with your family, friends or alone
Bored is a statement, bored isn’t a fact
You think you’re bored; I think there are words better than that
Stay at home, it’s the least you could do
The earth is suffering because of you
Covid’s here, it’s all your fault
Now everyone is living in a gigantic vault.