About Austin

I decided to make my poem on not wanting to write poetry because I don’t want to write poetry. Here’s the first draft. I did the first draft as it came to my mind. Do i fr gotta do this I’m forcing myself to write Words come from the abyss To make this poem alright I just need to finish this blog Get to nine lines I’ll be like a dog I’ll follow all the guidelines Just give me a good grade Now the first thing I noticed when I went back is that I rhymed lines with guidelines. I don’t think that’s how the rhyme scheme is supposed to work. I don’t think I’m supposed to rhyme the same word with itself. So I decided to change that. I also thought the ending was a bit weird and I wanted to play more into the dog thing. I felt like it was a good joke as well because according to the Chinese Zodiac I’m a dog. I also changed the last line because I felt like it would be better if it was a more abrupt ending. To connect with breaking, I didn’t mean to write out “Do i fr gotta do this”. I was goin...

I think my childhood could make the eternal recurrence worth it. As a child, I was genuinely happy. I had no worries, no responsibilities. I just lived life in the moment and didn’t care about my future or past. Now, as I’ve matured, I’ve realized how much struggle there is in life. As my friends would say, we’re all stuck in the rat race. I know I’ll never find that childhood innocence in myself again. Therefore, I would love to be retold elements of my life, even if I had to endure all the struggle. This one element would 1000% make it all worth it. Now to connect this with Siddhartha. When Siddhartha can’t pay the ferry guy, the ferry guy says I know you’ll be back, because he’s enlightened, so he knows that life is just one big cycle. Every part of life will repeat itself. If you think about it, the childhood joy could be applied to this as well. When people get older and settle down, what do they do? They have children, and I think part of the reason why is because these children ...