POEM STARTER
Write a romance poem that is really very unromantic.
Try to think of the normal elements of romantic poems and reverse them!
Love’s War
Are you scared of the fire that runs through my veins?
The ice in my eyes that trap you like chains?
Do you fear danger or do you fear death?
Because there’s war to the right and war to the left.
Do you want to be popular? Want to be known?
Because even the strong ones can be overthrown!
Believe when I say that battle is raging,
Even your teachers and loved ones are aging.
So darling please tell me why it is so
That fighting and conflict is how this should go.
I don’t want to hate but I can’t find love either.
I guess it is true, I can’t be a leader.
Please, love, ceasefire, I don’t want to fight.
But in our minds’ war we don’t know what’s right!
I’m losing my focus and nothing is clear!
Why is everywhere I look drowning in fear?
The only comfort I have is “it’s okay to cry.”
Only problem with that, I might never fly…
I’m dragging my feet, wings tied to the ground.
I call out your name but you don’t make a sound…
I’m trying to find you, to help you my best,
But I guess we are just more lost than the rest.
Love, I’m still trying! I just want this to end!
But I’m sorry darling, that I can’t make fate bend…