POEM STARTER

Write a poem about a person experiencing growing pains.

Your interpretation can be literal or metaphorical.

Maybe This Time

I went in thinking

Maybe its my time

Maybe its time to shine

I did the best I could

I jumped higher

I twirled faster

I stomped harder

Still it wasn't good enough

I didn't get the call

Someone else got the job


Maybe I should give up

Maybe it's not meant for me

This is what I tell myself

I don't have what it takes

I don't have the it factor

I don't have the body they want

Still I put on a show for them

That’s probably why

I didn't get the call

Someone else got the job, again


Maybe this time

Maybe this time if I give it all I've got

Maybe it would finally be my time

I'll jump higher than I've ever done

I'll twirl with all the vigor in my limbs

I'll stomp with the best rhythm they've ever heard

I bet this time it will be good enough

Then maybe I'll finally get the call

That it was I who got the job.

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