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Won't it be dull when we rid ourselves of all these demons haunting us to keep us company? Won't it be odd when we're happy like we always thought we're supposed to feel, but never seem to be?
-Barenaked Ladies, War on Drugs
Poetism Commentary: “a new beginning”
The poem in question: a new beginning
I wrote this poem for an assignment in my freshman English class at BYU. I don’t remember what the assignment was, specifically.
As with many others, this poem is about inner demons and what ifs, but with a much more hopeful tone, kind of like From now on. I may have mentioned this before, but I always found it much easier to write well (what I considered well, anyway) about bleaker subjects than happy ones, and in bleaker tones, so poem this was something of a breakthrough for me. Not only is it hopeful in tone, but I think it’s also decently written. Double whammy!
I don’t have the original copy, but I can tell from some erase marks in my notebook and an old web print out that the last stanza originally read differently. The original version—likely what I turned in for my assignment—is:
In fact, all of the copies I have, except the one now on my web site, have that last line. I do like “and set out toward higher ground” much better though. In fact, I really like the message of the last stanza.