david bailie - Oi!

Don't address me as Oi! I'm not a young boy -
It drives me quite wild to be seen as a child!

Alright say I were....
Doesn't it perhaps occur
That it's really quite sad to focus only on the bad -
When you could see the good - as you should.

Please ………
Don't intrude on my space with your lack of grace. Certain things are my affair -

I say beware ……
And don't declare,
With such pompous conviction, that my life's dereliction
Would just assume normality by aping your formality. Your own life's a network - an incomplete fretwork,
Of book absorbed attitudes expressed as mere platitudes.

So…
Do yourself a favour, try being a little braver.
Look life squarely in the face- there's really not much disgrace
In easing those restrictions, imposed by predictions of all who have taught you, That the old must belie the new.

Please ……
Understand that all your fears won't necessarily end in tears -

Why …
A fresh ease of mind might just replace your current kind.

david bailie

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/oi-3/