Imagine a girl

Imagine a girl

With eyes wide 

But mouth sewn shut 

A brain trapped 

Unable to 

Commune

With those just outside her hand built

Walls

 

Now imagine that girl 

In a classroom 

Surrounded by those who 

Don't bother to listen 

When the woman in the flower printed dress

With pursed lips and tired eyes

 says

"Write a poem"

 

The girl thinks " I can't" 

Poems have emotion, meaning

"How can I write something that has what I do not"

She stares she thinks then

She lets go 

 

The words run and run and run and run

Line after line projecting 

thoughts 

memories 

Emotions

On to paper

Finally finally

The poem is done

And the girl feels better than she has in years

 

She turns it in and gets an A+

She feels cheated

How can this woman with tired eyes and pursed lips and a flowery dress put a letter on this piece of paper containing her thoughts and emotions. 

"From now on" she thinks 

"My poetry is for me."