Challenge
Write a free verse poem: When you said ...
Write a 12 to 21 line free verse poem about something a parent, sibling, or significant other said to you that was surprising to you. Begin the poem with the line, "When you said ...." Remember, free verse poetry doesn't follow strict patterns or conventions such as meter or rhyme scheme.
Fairytale World...
When you said
this line of words to me
it hit me like a rock
To think now that a
simple sentence you
uttered spoke of
unseen truths about that
which I knew not a lot about.
The content of the
7 o'clock news merely touched
on the matter though
there was so much of it
then as is there is now
sadly it's as clear as day to me
more than ever now.
Imagine as a child hearing
the shocking uncomfortable truth that snakes which you
thought as evil, sinister in
their tracks - dangerous
ain't got nothing on the likes
and insidious works of humans.
The truth isn't always fun to hear in fact we might want
to erase but it's better than
believing the world is a
fairytale or a game that you
get to replay when it is
but no such place.
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