Schooled - Layken's poem on Slammed by Colleen Hoover

I got schooled this year.

By everyone.

By my little brother. . .

By the Avett Brothers. . .

by my mother, my best friend, my teacher, my father,

and

by

a 

boy.

A boy that I'm seriously, deeply, madly, incredibly, 

and undeniably in love with.

I got so schooled this year.

By a nine-year-old.

He taught me that it's okay to live life

a little backward.

And how to laugh

At what you would think

is unlaughable.

I got schooled this year

By a band!

They taught me how to find that feeling of feeling

again.

They taught me how to decide what to be

And go be it.

I got schooled this year.

By a cancer patient.

She taught me so much. She's still teaching me so 

much.

She taught me to question.

To never regret.

She taught me to push my boundaries,

Because that's what they're there for. 

She told me to find a balance between head and heart

And then

she taught me how. . .

I got schooled this year

By a foster kid.

She taught me to respect the hand that I was dealt.

And to be grateful I was even dealt a hand.

She taught me that family

Doesn't have to be blood.

Sometimes your family

are your friends.

I got schooled this year

By my teacher

He taught me

That the points are not the point,

The point is poetry. . .

I got schooled this year

By my father.

He taught me that heroes aren't always invincible

And that the magic 

is within me. 

I got schooled this year

by

a

boy.

A boy that I'm seriously, deeply, madly, incredibly,

and undeniably in love with.

And he taught me the most important thing of all -

To put the emphasis

On life.

This is one of many poems that Colleen Hoover wrote on her novel Slammed. This one is my favorite and it's just amazing. There is a deeper meaning and the lines are definitely mind blowing. Read my review on Slammed here : Slammed - Colleen Hoover