POEM STARTER

Corruption

Write a poem that addresses the theme of corruption. This is an uncommon theme to express poetically, so think about different types of corruption, and how they can best be explored through poetry.

Corruption

You can’t stop it

You never see it

Until you’re in too deep

These mirrors stay black

And your hands still drip

But yet you never stop falling

The lines become

Poison in your veins

And what seems so good

Destroyed you

Sometimes the wings

That you built out of wax

Is the reason you fell

and they melted

Maybe the sun

Was never meant to be close

And you’ve been locked away ever since

The mirrors show more

Than just one reflection

So you walk face first

Into a wall

These lies that were told

Gets twisted and spread

And in the end

You can’t

Stop it

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