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A poem about time inspired by Ekko to help all those who struggle with any addiction in their lives

Parakeeni·1/4/2017, 5:23:02 PM·11 votes·1,496 views

OK well third post is a charm! (has been taken down twice now). I have been writing a poem for one of my classes at school. I decided to cover a topic that I feel needs to be resolved. That problem is addiction, not just drug addiction though. Any addiction. Now I decided to right it about time. How even if you think there isn't any left, you can change that. I did this by combining it with Ekko , the boy who shattered time. I am posting it here cause I don't know where else to put it. If you notice any typos or grammar errors please let me know! This is defiantly NOT THE FINAL DRAFT. I just want to see what the league community thinks of a league poem! It also kinda relates to Ekko's family lore a ton too. Upvote if you like, and vote in the polls your opinion!

Backstory: I personally am not addicted to drugs, alcohol, or tobacco, but I am addicted to something stupid. That addiction is video games. Mostly league tbh. There are other things I'm addicted to but there to personnel to share at the moment. I've missed so much of my teenage life on the computer. I've been to busy playing for a relationship, for a job, and for time with my 7 year old brother. I've missed his childhood. There have been days at a time, where I don't say a word to him cause I'm playing league. To make it worse I lie and say I'm doing homework. So many things I won't remember of him, and won't remember of high school because of this god amazing game. What I've been thinking recently is how I will never get this time back. I'll never remember my brothers smiling 6 year old face. God I can't even describe him for you guys. I wrote this as a hope for me, and others to over come addiction and to remember that every second matters. Make the most of it. Who knows how much time you have.

Time By: Parakeeni

Time I wish I could go back It would fix all my problems My regrets My mistakes would be fixed You can’t get time back

All those hours locked in that room Torn me apart from my family My heart longing to love Brain craving addiction Can’t make it stop Family memories I would have cherished Destroyed Sent into the void because of me Only if I could go back

Chances destroyed Opportunities missed Floating further away Drift wood on top an endless sea Hourglass flipped Time ticks like a bomb You only have so much Will the wood drift to shore? Or float further away?

I’ve missed my brother grow up Missed my grandpa grow old I have to learn to control this Family comes first Time doesn’t heal all wounds

If there's one thing I learned It’s never look back Don’t dwell on the past Don’t let it be the ghost that haunts the endless, pitch black nights You can’t go back You can’t make the sand flow up the hourglass Instead, look to the future Some things do get better with time You can’t fix the past But you can make the future brighter Put it down Turn it off Every second matters

Everyone wishes for time They wish for hours in their days Days in their years Years in their lives What if you only needed seconds

Every second is a choice If you can’t make the most out of every moment Then you don’t deserve a single extra second What will you choose? It’s not about how much time you have It’s how you use it Sand streams down the hourglass

17 Comments

FlameHalbrdOkido1/5/2017, 3:58:56 PM2 votes

Congrats on bing 2nd Hottest!

Cowseed1/4/2017, 9:56:17 PM1 votes

I picked number 8 just because it was there. I'm addicted to pessimism.

FlameHalbrdOkido1/5/2017, 12:29:45 AM1 votes

This was good, I think for anyone struggling with an addiction; every little bit or source of words of encouragement can do them good, thank you. I thank for for every who will read this and feel helped out at least a little bit, I think ill keep this up on my computer for a bit.

People who struggle with addictions should stick together and help each other out.

I've found at least with LoL that scheduling time to play and setting aside that time to play helps me control the drive to keep continuously playing. So I will decide on a set amount of time to play a day, or maybe even set aside a Saturday to play. But I know that once my self alotted time is up, if I continue to play I'm going to miss out on the rest of life.

Also Im not very good at the game, and Ive found that I usually only get one good game, in a session of play. Once I finish that good game I have found that Its best to stop playing right there, because it ends the gaming on a high note, and I feel good and can do something else.

Frostbıte1/6/2017, 11:22:36 PM1 votes

this is gaiiiiiiii

LoL is crack yo1/7/2017, 5:32:30 AM1 votes

I like this because more people need to realize that League is more of an addiction than an enjoyment these days.

FlameHalbrdOkido1/7/2017, 2:52:41 PM1 votes

I realized something that has been bugging me about the structure of the end of the poem that i just couldn't put my finger on.

The last line seems out of place and disrupts the peoms flow jarringly, it wasn't the end I was expecting. Now this could work, usually poets will end a poem like that if they began like that; So if "Sand streams down the hourglass" was ur first line it would feel better by the last line being the same and bringing the poem full circle, another way that definitely works would be making it the second to last lane and making "It’s how you use it" the last line, that line has a better sense of finality. Now this is all just an opinion i guess, so you don't have to do it.

on another note, i just attended a summit where one of the sessions they talked about was improving mental health through artistic expression, poetry is one of those things they spoke of, so its really good that ur doing this!

BIG DADDY BARD1/4/2017, 9:12:31 PM1 votes

Not sure if this is intended but in the second to last paragraph second line you have "the", which I guess could make sense but I think you might have intended they to be used there.

Parakeeni8/14/2017, 9:15:17 PM1 votes

Writing another one guys!!!