I have to be honest, sir... I'm impressed.
I think if anything, you try to hard to multi. Perhaps sometimes you lose direction trying to rhyme.
You don't have to tell me that a reader gets lost.. That's the point of writing. Everyone takes what they want out of a piece. Have you thought of getting published? It's not terribly hard.
Thanks, man. What's odd is I've only been writing since November. I never put pen to paper to write before that.
And actually you're completely right. Sometimes I'll have a solid thought for the next few lines of my work, but I'll rush myself and forget then search for other ways to word the message and it becomes convoluted to me.
And then there's times where I just nail the writing in one thought without any work.
That first poem/lyrics I quoted is actually a second rewrite. I took time on that to make sure the message was there and the punch was felt at the end.
My grandmother has been published several times, and I've thought about it before, but didn't know where to start. I guess that's as easy as asking her.
I took that riddle and posted it online and my brother-in-law and a family friend both had two completely different interpretations of what I meant. I like the fact that what I write can be taken completely out of context and read another way.
Here's an example of something I wrote about my ex that people took in both a negative and positive light:
Slap your hands together and claim that GOD is good.
Quote the scripture like it's your only breathing words.
Attend services and tithe your weekly wages.
Turn the pages of the Good Book.
Trust the sayings of the Good Book.
Don the appearance, your holiness.
Wickedness exudes from choices you've made.
The bed in which you lay is made of deceit and madness.
Disappointing pain sinks me, I'm fighting off the sadness.
Peace can reside around you, for HE is the Rock of Ages.
Relay the messages when HE tells you the time is now.
Do the hokey poky and turn yourself around.
But make sure to file your horns so you fit in with the crowd.
The people that know me really well knew that I was pointing the finger at her, but others who don't grasp my sense of humor thought that I was pointing the finger of blame at religion itself.
I honestly like shocking people and evoking emotion out of them. We can't all be dead to real pain or act like it doesn't affect us.
And who's to say that I wasn't pointing a finger at both?