Poems I love #3

# 3

Leaves of Grass

By the Roadsode

Walt Whitman

Thought of obedience, faith, adhesiveness;

As I stand aloof and look

there is to me something profoundly affecting

in large masses of men

following the lead of those

who do not believe in men.

This reminds me of "the Fountainhead".

*art work by Peyton Sawyer, character from TV show One Tree Hill

so i'm just thinking about all the crap that has taken place my sophomore year and who caused my mysery. and the answer i think should include me. i wasn't being honest with myself/others, so when i thought i was being nice, i really was being selfish. I felt the need to make others happy, in order to satisfy my own ego. It wasn't about them, it was about me being in control, and being agreeable. even though i've always told myself to do things that make me happy, but in order to do that, sometimes you shouldn't make too many compromises. It not only hurts yourself, it hurts others. I was biased when I decided to hate others, but now I understand that their anger wasn't unreasonable. Nothing justifies what they had done, to me, but it just gives me more motivation of getting over it, completely. And so I guess I am sorry. I am.

I'm seeing it now, so yes I am sorry.