C. N. Garraway

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Do you write poetry that rhymes, but it doesn’t make sense? Or does your poem lack meaning? Do you like the flow? I wrote a poem years ago as a teenager. I wrote it to rhyme, but I am not sure that it means anything. I liked the way the rhyme flowed. Because of the flow, I thought it meant something. When I was a teenager, many of my poems rhymed. Looking back now, many of my poems were not good, or at least could have gone through a serious edit. They rhymed for sure, but a lot of the words in the poems didn’t make sense. They could’ve also been used in the wrong context.  

I recently decided to look over my older poetry to see how much I have improved. The improvement was massive. I chose a specific poem, and I liked how it rhymed and flowed well. I am not sure what the poem meant or if it meant anything at all. Also, note that I wrote the poem in the shape of a well. I don’t remember why I did that. Everything about this poem is a mystery. Maybe that is the point, I don’t know.

Here is the poem below:

Mystery Code

The switching                                                 of gears

Closed out all fears
Wishes to peel back tears
	Swiss blades cut like shears	
Playback mode and a hidden code
/ \
/ \
/ \
/ \
Unfold the mystery 
Of a person so bold
The shifting of codes
Would soon be sold
For the mystery is broke like gold

There is no such thing as peeling back tears. Swiss blades cut like shears is not accurate. They are two different types of blades, and each has its own cutting mechanisms. The last line, For the mystery is broke like gold. I am not sure that a mystery could be broken, but rather solved. You can’t break gold as far as I know, but it can be melted down. As I read each line and tried to analyze what it meant, it made me laugh. I thought it was funny. Honestly, I like this poem and enjoy reading it despite not knowing what it is truly about. Please, tell me what you thought of the poem. Does it make sense even though it rhymes well? Do you have a poem you wrote as a child, teenager, or adult that you didn’t know what the poem was about, but you did enjoy it?