This poem was written as stated above as a challenge from a few online friends who were also Slam poets from the USA. There was a group of us online in a chat room for poets in 2000 at the time and someone suggested this title. We were all given 10 minutes to complete from scratch and voted. My poem was voted the best and personally I still love the simplicity of it. I will put more on soon as the website grows.
GIVE IT UP
Give it up
trying to master a plan or plan my master plan...
GIVE IT UP
organising my life or should I say my life being organised...
GIVE IT UP
trying to eradicate my problems or let my problems eradicate me...
GIVE IT UP
the struggle in many aspects but also allowing those aspects to be a struggle...
GIVE IT UP
try not to get broken down with worries, let the worries be broken dow...
and
FINALLY
Flip the Negative into Positive...
Give up Giving UP!!!
GIVE IT UP
Give it up
trying to master a plan or plan my master plan...
GIVE IT UP
organising my life or should I say my life being organised...
GIVE IT UP
trying to eradicate my problems or let my problems eradicate me...
GIVE IT UP
the struggle in many aspects but also allowing those aspects to be a struggle...
GIVE IT UP
try not to get broken down with worries, let the worries be broken dow...
and
FINALLY
Flip the Negative into Positive...
Give up Giving UP!!!