BTL Issue 07 'Adult' Jun.2014 | Page 25

Adul t Daniel Bae | Poetry Missing the days of absolute freedom Moments when I so dearly detested boredom The time when I at least had a reason To hide my shallow, lacking wisdom… A period when compliments came so easy Due to the fact I could do many a thing so freely… I’d give a slight grin and everyone’d call me a sweetie Being never worried of all related with money Reflecting myself in the mirror today On a normal day, of 2014 May I feel everything spoke of is gone and away Questioning and wondering who was first to betray No longer can I feel the intense blood That drove me to race as if a vigorous stud I realize it’s too late to think myself as a bud Naming I, as 21st century’s dud I exhale my regrets through my last cigar Last streams of smoke flying away to the stars My childhood dream is already too far Leaving nothing, but a tedious scar 26