Boredom - LOG #6

Does boredom mean that I am too stupid to find something fulfilling to do? Or does it mean that all the tasks I could possibly do aren't fulfilling enough? Maybe it just means I have got enough routine. But even routine is boring. Maybe I am simply not content enough with my life. But maybe I don't really know that there is plenty of things to do, that are beyond me at this point in time. 

The thing is, when a teenager gets bored. He goes out somewhere, or he listens to music, or he watches TV, or he plays the Playstation. I can't think of anywhere meaningful to go in suburban London right now. I feel like I've listened to most of the music out there and if I listen to new music 95% of it doesn't do it for me. Watching TV and gaming just feel unproductive and eventually get boring. 

I need something to take me away. Something that truly grasps my attention and my emotions and my creativity. 

Perhaps I will write that novel I've wanted to write for a while now. Hopefully it will encapsulate the events of last August, when I went inter-railing around Europe with two friends. 

Football Is Just A Sport - POEM #8

Football is just a sport.
It has no relevance
To poverty, politics or pain.
Football is just a sport.

But it's my blood;
It provides excitement
And upset.
Camaraderie in singing
Together all for a shared reason.
West Ham carries my family
Through generations.
It is a part of me and will be
Until my dying breath.

Football is just a sport.
A waste of emotion
And time.

But Blowing Bubbles will no doubt
Be played at my funeral.
And when I feel low
I always know
That West Ham is there for me
On a Saturday.