Life

A reflective poem in Soda's point of view. /Life is just a game/

A/N- Another Outsiders work hmm? I can't help it, they're fun to write xD. For a project on the Outsiders, I had to write a poem on one of the characters. For a while I was torn between Darry and Soda, until my friend decided to do Soda and I decided I'd have more fun with Darry. Then later on she asked me for some tips in poetry to improve her poem and I ended up writing this. I notice how characters like Sodapop are taken two ways: secretly depressed, or happy all the time with no sense of sadness. I'd like to reach a middle ground, by using a common theme to link happiness and sadness together. It's hard to catch a character's essence in a simple poem, but I gave it my best shot. Tell me what you think! – Marie

Dropping out of school gave me no shame

Because life, you see, is just like a game

You're one of the pieces

You win and you lose

You don't always get what you deserve

I have two brothers

And I love them so,

But it seems sometimes

That they just don't know

They yell in the night

They scream in the day

They tear me apart

Until I have nothing to say

If life's just a game

Why are some hit so hard?

Like Johnny and Stevie

Who are so unloved?

I smile and laugh

I whistle and grin

I cry to show the pain that I'm in.

Sometimes I wish

The world was fair

That Darry could stop working and just breath the air

That Dally would grin without mischief in mind

That Ponyboy and I could spend some time

But in this game you either lose or win

Based heavily on the state you are in

Guessing on my luck, I guess I've lost

My life holds no future

It's still hard to trust

But if Darry and Ponyboy

Can stand and be strong

I don't want to be the one

Left all alone

So I'll smile, I'll laugh

I'll try to understand

Because the one way to be strong

Is to be who I am.