POEM STARTER

Submitted by Susan Santizo

Write a poem about a place which makes you feel nostalgic.

You can write in any style or genre, but keep this as the central theme.

Nostalgia doesn’t have to be good

Does nostalgia have to be good?

Or can Iit be a flood of negativity?

I am trying I promise

But I really don’t want to go back

Back to that school

Even if its for a concert

For someone I love



All I can remember there

Is pain, its stupid I know

But its far from plain


I don’t have my medicine

And music is loud

People have eyes

And I am scared

They will pick me out from a crowd



Can nostalgia feel like dread?

All i imagine when I think of that gym

Is hundred of eyes

Staring holes into mine

Fingers pointing

People laughing


But I can’t really tell anyone can I?

Its been awhile since anything happened.

And it can’t always be about me.

I’ll put on my mask

Like I always do

Because tonight its not about me

Its about you


Nostalgia doesn’t have to be good

Right?

Because all I feel is dread.

When I think about tonight.

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