Poem - Stephen Chbosky

Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poem and he called it “chops” because that was the name of his dog and thats what it was all about his teacher gave him an A and a gold star and his mother hung it on the kitchen door and read it to his aunts. that was the year Father Tracy took all the kids to the zoo and he let them sing on the bus and his little sister was born with tiny nails and no hair and his mother and father kissed alot and the girl around the corner sent him a Valentine signed with a row of X’s and he had to ask his father what the X’s meant and his father always tucked him in bed at night and was always there to do it once on a piece of white paper with blue lines he wrote a poem he called it “Autumn” because that was the name of the season and that’s what it was all about and his teacher gave him an A and asked him to write more clearly and his mother never hung it on the kitchen door because of the new paint and the kids told him that Father Tracy smoked cigars and left butts on the pews and sometime they would burn holes that was the year his sister got glasses with thick lenses and black frames and the girl around the corner laughed when he asked her to go see Santa Claus and the kids told him why his mother and father kissed a lot and his father never tucked him in bed at night and his father got mad when he cried for him to do it once on a paper torn from his notebook he wrote a poem and he called it “Innocence: A Question” because that was the question about his girl and that’s what it was all about and his professor gave him an A and a strange steady look and his mother never hung it on the kitchen door because he never showed her that was the year Father Tracy died and he forgot how the end of the Apostles’s Creed went and he caught his sister making out on the back porch and his mother and father never kissed or even talked and the girl around the corner wore too much make up that made him cough when he kissed her but he kissed her anyway because it was the thing to do and at 3 am he tucked himself into bed his father snoring soundly that’s why on the back of a brown paper bag he tried another poem and he called it “Absolutely Nothing” because that’s what it was really all about and he gave himself an A and a slash on each damned wrist and he hung it on the bathroom door because this time he didn’t think he could reach the kitchen—-

Em uma folha de papel amarelo com linhas verdes ele escreveu um poema E o intitulou "Chops" porque era o nome de seu cão E era o que estava em toda parte E seu professor lhe deu um A e uma estrela dourada E sua mãe o abraçou à porta da cozinha e leu o poema para as tias Era o ano em que o padre Tracy levava todas as crianças ao zoológico E ele deixou que cantassem no ônibus E sua irmãzinha tinha nascido com unhas minúsculas e nenhum cabelo E sua mãe e seu pai se beijavam tanto E a garota da esquina mandou para ele um cartão de Dia dos Namorados assinado com vários X e ele teve de perguntar ao pai o que significava X E seu pai deixou que ele dormisse na sua cama à noite E era sempre lá que ele dormia Em uma folha de papel com linhas azuis ele escreveu um poema E o intitulou "Outono" porque era o nome da estação E era o que estava em toda parte E seu professor lhe deu um A e o pediu para escrever com mais clareza E sua mãe não o abraçou à porta da cozinha por causa da pintura nova E as crianças disseram a ele que o padre Tracy fumava cigarros E largava as guimbas no banco da igreja E às vezes elas faziam buracos Que era o ano de sua irmã usar óculos com lentes grossas e armação preta E a garota da esquina riu quando ele pediu para ver Papai Noel E os garotos perguntaram por que a mãe e o pai se beijavam tanto E seu pai não o cobria mais na cama à noite E seu pai ficou furioso quando ele chorou por isso. Em um pedaço de papel de seu caderno ele escreveu um poema E o intitulou "Inocência: Uma Questão" porque a questão era sobre uma garota E isso estava em toda parte E seu professor lhe deu um A e um olhar muito estranho E sua mãe não o abraçou à porta da cozinha porque ele nunca o mostrou a ela Foi o primeiro ano depois da morte do padre Tracy E ele esqueceu como terminava o Creio em Deus Pai E ele pegou a irmã se agarrando na varanda dos fundos E sua mãe e seu pai nunca se beijavam nem mesmo conversavam E a garota da esquina usava maquiagem demais O que fez ele tossir quando a beijou mas ele a beijou mesmo assim porque era a coisa certa a fazer E às três da manhã ele se aninhou na cama seu pai roncava alto É por isso que no verso de uma folha de papel pardo ele tentou outro poema E o intitulou "Absolutamente Nada" Porque era o que estava em toda parte E ele se deu um A e um corte em cada maldito pulso E se encostou na porta do banheiro porque nessa hora ele não pensou que poderia alcançar a cozinha.

Girl In The Rain

Dressed in a sundress
Under the pouring rain
She twirled around
Raising her hands to the air
Droplets fell onto her hair

Bare footed as she started dancing
Letting her hair free
She's the girl in the rain
The water numbed all her pain

Her grieve hidden behind a mask
She lifted her eyes to the sky
And started to dance
Throwing away all her sorrow
She started to smile again
She's the girl in the rain

Nobody knows who she was
No one knows where she came from
All they knew she was silent
Like the wind in everyone's hair

Soaked, wet and cold
Ignored, rejected and unappreciated
Like the roses in her hands
Wilted and dead
She let the rain fall onto her head
She's the girl in the rain

Everything was different
After she left
All they could remember
Time and time again
Silent from all her pain
She was the girl in the rain

Fonte: http://www.bestteenpoems.com/poem/girl-in-the-rain