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Alexis Poulicakos


 mr green eyes






                                             r. Green eyes is about a past   with hardened standards and to
                                       Mrelationship I was in. It is         never expect anything less that the
                                       about someone I loved dearly, but     utmost respect. And now 4 years
                                       alas it could not work. He had the    later I am still recovering. I am now
                                       most piercing green eyes, and a       living with and  engaged to a won-
                                       personality that just made you fall   derful man, who does everything
                                       in love. He was someone who loved     from opening doors, to cooking for
                                       to laugh and joke, and that’s what    me.  I’ve known him since middle
                                       made all the difference, but there    school, and he’s been everything I
                                       were red flags that I chose to ignore,  needed him to be whenever I need-
                                       and as they say “the things you ig-   ed him. He’s the definition of what
                                       nore in the beginning are the things   a man should be; a standard that no
                                       that will destroy you in the end” and   women should expect less of.
                                       in this instance were
                                       devastating.                          My music career started in Novem-
                                                                             ber of last year. I was sighned to a
                                       “Mr.green eyes” was a very insecure   record
                                       individual, and would often belit-    company, but due to miscommuni-
                                       tle  and insult me; using personal    cations I was forced to leave, how-
                                       things, and things i confided in him   ever, I now work for WWESQ and
                                       with, to hurt and manipulate me.      I could not be happier. The people
                                       He had a way about him that made      are amazing, my boss is the kindest
                                       me believe every word he said. He     person and really gos above and
                                       told me about his inner demons,       beyond for his employees. My
                                       and somehow with that  found a        position is executive administra-
                                       way to                                tive Assistant, and songwriter, my
                                       emotionally cripple me, he even at    dream started when I was in middle
                                       one point encouraged me to end my  school, and my skills progressed
                                       life. And me at 16, naive and full of   over the years and turned into
                                       love wanted to fix this broken indi-  someone wonderful.  I feel that the
                                       vidual. I was taught from a young     pieces I write are a work of art. In
                                       age love can fix anything, but in this  my opinion “Art isn’t supposed to
                                       case, it could not.                   be beautiful, its supposed to make
                                                                             you feel something”. I hope with my
                                       I went down a road I never thought    music I can help change the world.
                                       I’d be on, and I went down it with
                                       this                                  Growing up music was my outlet,
                                       destructive person one who tore me  and I want to be that insperation
                                       to pieces Evey chance he got. I was   for a girl or boy, cause anything can
                                       with him for Four years and was       happen in this world for an ordi-
                                       engaged for two of them. Breaking     nary person. I want to show them
                                       the relationship off was the most     that the sky is only the limit if you
                                       freeing thing I have ever done, but   make it so. That no matter the
                                       at the time, it tore my heart into    situation, you can me better of it.
                                       shreds. This relationship left me
                                       with the feeling of never wanting     Link to Alexis’s lyrics.....
                                       to have to beg anyone for their love
                                       and attention ever again. It left me



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