I once cried for four days.

Non-stop;
My parents recall.
And the docs
Couldn’t fix me at all.

Always practising,
I guess I was born to sing!

I once ate some mouldy bread.

Knowingly;
To fall ill.
Hoping that,
Skip school I will.

O Cruel Mother Of Agony!
This tops my ‘never-again’ list.

I once caught a firefly.

Shined on it,
A light-bulb bright.
Into its jar;
For five straight nights.

On the sixth,
It never once glowed.

I once made fun of a fat girl.

She cried;
Pained, she sobbed.
The guilt in me;
Like apples, bobbed!

To this day it remains,
A day, I wish I weren’t an ass.

I once lit a rocket sideways.

Straight to my neighbour’s house,
Did it dart.
Set aflame his mom’s
Hideous works of art.

With every whack, I realized,
Some jokes, not everyone finds them funny.

I once tried to make my bike fly.

A superhero-jump
Off 1st floor.
For two teeth,
And two bones more.

Come to think,
I should give this a try again.

I once punched a kid solid.

Cut his lip,
Bloodied his nose.
He deserved it bad,
God knows!

Somethings in life,
Are definitely worth a black eye.

I once fell in love.

I heard poetry,
Whenever she was near.
So I sang,
For her to hear.

Hurt like crazy,
Worse than broken bones and swollen eyes.

I once did a coalwalk.

To purify,
My ephemeral soul.
Someone said,
It’ll make me whole.

All I was left with,
Were feet of different colour.

I once wrote a masterpiece.

I threw it
Into a well.
Retrieved,
Burned it to hell.

Needless to say,
It was a tragedy.

I once …