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I want to write a poem

August 19, 2013
By JosieL BRONZE, Wheeling, Illinois
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I didn't fail the assignment I just found a thousand ways to do it wrong

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I want to write a poem
But more than that
I want my poem to mean something
I want my poem to resonate
Deep in the drumming of your heartbeat
And when you look in the mirror
I want my words to reflect back at you
My words
As powerful as a river
As rich as silken honey

I want to write a poem
That pushes itself to my very core
Not my heart
That's just a muscle
But my center
Where love, hate, and everything I feel
Is safely hidden away
From peering eyes
cruel laughs
And bad reviews of an amateur poet

I want you to know
I write this for you
For me
And for anyone
in desperate need of a good poem

© Sean C., Princeton, IL

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