POEM STARTER
Write a poem casually and nonchalantly reflecting on a hugely important event.
What kind of language could portray this tone even when the content is important?
Weight
The insurmountable weight of judgement
Held me back from release
Sometimes it felt like I was born to be dragged
Without the courage to beg, “Please”
I was raised in a foreign land
Drowning in the expectations and rules
I’d lost touch with my own people
Subconsciously dismissing them as fools
Guilt-ridden as an adult, I cringed at my past
Wondering where I had lost the strength of my core
Had it ever really existed? I wondered if I missed it
Detaching from learned pessimism because it was such a fucking bore