A poem by Simon Tester
I Can’t Believe I Wrote This
I can’t believe I wrote this,
Every word, so perfect and focused,
Handsome genius, is the ladies diagnosis,
the opposite of homeless,
I can’t believe I wrote this.
I can’t believe this was achieved by my brain,
It’s hard to understand, like the batman character.. Bane.
Did you see that film? No? That’s a shame.
I can’t believe this was achieved by my brain.
I struggle to believe this could be conceived by my mind,
hard to find, a more perfect design,
If talent was a crime, I’d be constantly fined,
I struggle to believe this could be conceived by my mind,
I can’t believe I wrote this.
I can’t believe I wrote this (louder)
I can’t believe I wrote this (shouting)
I can’t believe I wrote this (screaming)
But I did.
The Story
Sometimes I even surprise myself with my own ability. This poem was one of those cases. I performed this poem at a school assembly a few years after I’d left, I went back to give a talk about my success. Towards the end of the poem kids were covering their ears because it was too much emotion to take.