I used to be
so moved
by the stars
I believed
I was struggling,
then
but now
I am fighting
to save my world
Happiness lies
in the ability of a woman
or a man
to maintain
their world of illusions.
- Nov. 6, 1986, A.D.
In the '80's, I was a punk, a poet, a depressed romantic and an existential optimist. If I could have had a blog, this is what it would have been. I offer it as a conduit to yesterday. It's not all good, and you might not always like me, circa 1980's. But please be forgiving. I was only 12 when the decade began. YOU get to be the voyeur to a radical teen's not-so-radical journey, through love and pain and occasional Duran Duran references. You'll want to stick with it - it's infectious.
Sharon
senior portrait, 1985
Vintage Poems from an Optimistic Teen Punk by Sharon is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.
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About Me
- Sharon
- Portland, OR, United States
- I write, I create theater, and I raise a family.
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