This is Joe's poem, and once again, it isn't nearly as depressing as Tai's, Matt's, TK's or Kari's were. It still does have angst in it because Joe was pressured to become something he doesn't want to be. He speaks of his father and how he was forced to become a doctor so that he would make his father proud. It is a difficult situation for Joe, but the way I presented it, I don't know, I seem to downplay how unhappy Joe really is. Well, that's enough bashing of my own poem. Just read it. I don't own Digimon (that line is getting really annoying). Read, review and enjoy (this one probably is too by now)!
End of the Line (Joe)
I sit alone
In my dorm
Reviewing Anatomy
Why
Because I'm studying to be a doctor
It's the exact profession
That my father wants
I didn't want to be a doctor
I wanted something else
Like a marine biologist
Or something
Other than doctor
I mean
I'm terrified of blood
How ironic is that
A doctor
That fears blood
I'll be useless
In the medical world
But I don't have a choice
Despite what Jim says
He told me to be my own man
But I can't
Not with my dad
Pushing me through medical school
I can't do what I want
Even though he found a way
To lead his own life
Why can't I be like him
Why can't I be strong
And brave
And determined
Instead I'm afraid
And pushed around
That's the way I've always been
I hate that I can't be what I want
That I must obey my father
Even as an adult
After all
I was too frightened
To ever say anything
As a high schooler
So now I'm here
Learning how to be a doctor
It's too late to turn back now
I can't give up
That would be even worse
That doing something different
From the start
That's another thing
He hates quitters
He calls them weak
Vulnerable
Pathetic
But doesn't that describe me
Already
I always thought so
I mean
I don't live my own life
The way Jim does
So what makes me different
From a quitter
If I never tried at all
I'll never succeed
Because I didn't take risks
I didn't risk failure
I didn't challenge authority
So since I never did anything
I'll never get anywhere in life
My life's worthless
End of the Line (Joe)
I sit alone
In my dorm
Reviewing Anatomy
Why
Because I'm studying to be a doctor
It's the exact profession
That my father wants
I didn't want to be a doctor
I wanted something else
Like a marine biologist
Or something
Other than doctor
I mean
I'm terrified of blood
How ironic is that
A doctor
That fears blood
I'll be useless
In the medical world
But I don't have a choice
Despite what Jim says
He told me to be my own man
But I can't
Not with my dad
Pushing me through medical school
I can't do what I want
Even though he found a way
To lead his own life
Why can't I be like him
Why can't I be strong
And brave
And determined
Instead I'm afraid
And pushed around
That's the way I've always been
I hate that I can't be what I want
That I must obey my father
Even as an adult
After all
I was too frightened
To ever say anything
As a high schooler
So now I'm here
Learning how to be a doctor
It's too late to turn back now
I can't give up
That would be even worse
That doing something different
From the start
That's another thing
He hates quitters
He calls them weak
Vulnerable
Pathetic
But doesn't that describe me
Already
I always thought so
I mean
I don't live my own life
The way Jim does
So what makes me different
From a quitter
If I never tried at all
I'll never succeed
Because I didn't take risks
I didn't risk failure
I didn't challenge authority
So since I never did anything
I'll never get anywhere in life
My life's worthless