A Cannon

This is poem I wrote that was inspired by a song by Regina Spektor, who is my favorite singer and in my opinion a genius piano player and songwriter. The song is called "A Cannon," which is also the name of my poem. You don't have to, but listening the song will give you a better understanding of my poem. Here is a link if you want to do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WSTCL2CrpQ. And this is a link to the lyrics: http://www.lyricstime.com/regina-spektor-a-cannon-lyrics.html. My poem is nowhere near as good as the lyrics to the song, but here it is anyway:

A Cannon

Monotony and boredom

Plague everything she sees

She wants to escape

She wants the sea

She wakes up again

And again and again

She puts on her lipstick

She talks to her friends

She walks down the same street

She looks at the same waves

She sees the sun rising

Marking another day

They tell her she's happy

But she still feels small

They don't understand her

They don't know anything at all

Angry at imperfections

She sees in her life

The boredom and monotony

Cut her like a knife

She wants to escape

She wants to flee

She wants to run

She wants the sea

Under the stars

Invisible in her house

She climbs out of bed

As quiet as a mouse

She uncaps a pen

Pulls paper out of a drawer

She writes letters to people

That claim to know her

Dear husband, she writes

Dear child, dear friend,

I love you, I'm angry

I love you again

Then she runs from the room

Down the stairs, through the hall

Down the street for the last time

She no longer feels small

She knows not where she's going

But she know's it's not here

Excitement and change

Overcome her fears

The waves become closer

And closer as she runs

She's leaving, she's leaving

Freedom's finally come

She stands on the dock

And looks out at the sea

Dark waves and dark skies

Are all that she sees

The shadow on the horizon

Is her vessel of escape

Laughing aloud

She is finally awake

Larger and larger

The shadow becomes

No longer frozen

She is ready to run

The hulking boat arrives

And she climbs on board

As she shakes with excitement

The ship leaves the shore

She knows not where she's going

But she knows it's not here

Excitement and change

Overcome her fears

She leaves the monotony and boredom

And the millions of days

She sees the shore disappear

She is sailing away