PAD 2022 Day 8: What they never tell you

 

This poem is presented in its rough draft form for the PAD 2022 challenge and will be revised. 

PAD Prompt: What they never tell you 

Poetic Form:  Kyrielle

“I was never told”

I once believed in the other

side of the mirror. I discovered

my reflection, a copycat.

I was never told about that.

I recorded songs on cassettes,

for our future roadtrip. Regret

was the rest stop I arrived at.

I was never told about that.

I write words day in and day out,

hoping my name is poet. Doubt 

sounds in my ears like a high hat.

I was never told about that.

All the unwritten rules to live

by, when I think I have arrived,

I am served a new caveat.

I was never told about that.