POEM STARTER

Compose a poem that involves the use of numbers.

Numbers can be used as countdowns, time-telling devices, checklists, or other creative ways in a poem.

Butterflies

*TW: SH (Self harm)*


Once, twice

I was yelled at for being dumb


Three, four

Butterflies drawn


Five, six

Aspects of me judged by them


Seven, eight

More butterflies to add on

Nine

Yells more drawing on myself


Ten butterflies

On my clean arm


I smile instead of getting upset

When she yells

When he yells

About the butterflies


I would rather see a garden of butterflies

Then rivers of red


Because that

Shows growth


I always say those lines

No one knows why

But I do anyway


I made a promise to

My stars

My Panda

The voices in my head-all of them

To myself

That I wouldn’t cut


I’m clean.

Let me repeat that-

I’m Clean

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