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ejeyakumar

If you don't learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you

2 poems·Since November 2017
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Language

November 27, 2017

Dear Language,

You help me:

 

To describe with words

The colors of sea birds.

 

To inspire others through verse,

Whether they be long-winded or terse.

 

To express my fears

In unknown frontiers.

 

To communicate with others -

My friends, sisters, and brothers.

 

To cause others to laugh

In a short sentence or paragraph.

 

In my confusion to ask

How to complete a puzzle or task.

 

To cause others to fiddle

When telling them a riddle.

 

You help me with many things -

With communication to common men and kings.

 

And so, Language, I thank you

For allowing me to say,

To write, and portray

To anyone anything I want to

 

Elise Jeyakumar

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(I forgot to sign it the first time. I'm sorry!!)
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