A Mispent Youth

[phyzwiz]

I’ve

Been homeless
slept in city streets
concrete for my pillow
the night my blanket
laid where you’d never

Eaten at five star restaurants
from the green bin
next to the kitchen door
fought off rats for
the tastiest morsels

Worked day labor s-----
jobs for minimum wage
sold my blood and plasma
for six cold ones a loaf of bread
and a jar of goofy grape

Hitched a million miles
met the Greek in Laguna Beach
Boulder Ann Arbor Ft. Lauderdale
feasted on chapattis and dahl
chanted Hare Krisna across the USA

Stolen been robbed
beat up beat down
panhandled spare change
jailed too many times
partied too hard

God those were the days
funny how the future
remembers the past

[nightseas]

Awesome poem; I'm recommending this for the spotlight. I don't know if this is based on a personal experience or not, but there's still a lot of truth to the lifestyle described here that I quite enjoyed. Nightseas always enjoys realness.

[phyzwiz]

Yes nightseas, a very real personal experience when I a was late teenager. And thanks for the recommendation.

[JASON]

You seem to be a strong house built on a shaky foundation...
I suppose, having gone through times like that, that you appreciate the good times more...

[phyzwiz]

Thank you Jason, yes those experiences have made me appreciate every thing I've achieved in life.

[kryssi_nykki]

This line "Eaten at five star restaurants from the green bin " was so striking o.o what I found interesting though was how it was recalled with fondess. These don't sound like a good time lol but from here, the future, you can see how they made you.

[phyzwiz]

This line "Eaten at five star restaurants from the green bin " was so striking o.o what I found interesting though was how it was recalled with fondess. These don't sound like a good time lol but from here, the future, you can see how they made you.

Thank you Kryssi, times were different then, and yes, even though there were some miserable days, I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.

[Liquid Bear]

I definitely enjoyed this little travelogue of a poem. You have had quite a colorful life. Well deserved Spotlight, congrats!

Bear

[phyzwiz]

I definitely enjoyed this little travelogue of a poem. You have had quite a colorful life. Well deserved Spotlight, congrats!

Bear

Thank you Bear.