POEM STARTER

‘All that glitters is not gold.’

Write a poem that begins with this line. What might this common saying lead you to explore?

Lost Boy

All that glitters is not gold With the shimmering in my mind
The desire in my blood

With what once felt like freedom Now feels like a prison I can’t escape from

It’s been years since I’ve seen the Dust in the palms of my hands But I still feel the jump of flying the moment I close my eyes

It’s an addiction I’ll never grow out of A fall I’ll never fly away from A life I’ll never get back

He showed me death He showed me pain And yet When I myself started bleeding He threw me to the wolves

And for that I’m getting revenge On the one and only Who makes dreams come true

If that makes me the villain So be it

Inspired by “These Deathless Shores” by P.H. Low

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