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POEM STARTER
You are out walking when you see a person sitting alone on a bench under a Willow tree, crying. Write a poem about them.
This could be written as though you are observing the person but not interacting, or as though you have approached the person and offered to help.
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When the willow wilts
Do you cry because you feel its pain?
Do you understand the leaves dropping
Are like tears falling?
Do you understand
That the color changing
Are the wrinkles forming?
Do you cry because you feel sympathy for the tree
Or do you cry
Because you feel empathy for yourself?
You wilting
waining,
Wandering
Wondering
willow tree...
I see you there
A tear rolls down your face
You play with your hair
Leaving me feeling out of place
If I go up, will you yell?
Or will you smile?
Will you give me hell,
Or let me stay awhile?
Willows branches swing
Covering you like an angel
You’re the most beautiful thing
It’s almost painful
To see you cry
It hurts my heart
Let me dry your eyes
And let’s restart
I’m a boy,
Who likes poetry...
I go to leave the day shift
But a noise interrupts
I hear a crying on my trip
I went almost numb
The crying was gut-wrenching
To me and my heart
Though I went to soften their denting
I witnessed a high in their cards
I walked away with distain
Not encouraging those who are smug
In a world of phones, you must refrain
Because attention is a hell of a drug...
I’ve seen a strange girl.
She has icy blue eyes
And silver hair.
She looks cold and unfeeling,
But I know what she’s really like.
I watch her every day.
I’ve figured out her routine.
She leaves school two minutes after the dismissal bell rings.
3:32.
It takes her seven minutes to get to the park,
The one on the outskirts of our town.
3:39.
She walks for another four minutes into the woods.
3:43.
W...
She was wild
like poison,
desperate to be free.
Barefoot and running,
so they couldn’t see.
A deeper place
drawing in the back
of her mind.
Where her words
moved in circles,
to outsmart time.
A beast laid bruised
within her heart.
While revelations
of escape
danced in the stars.
But the days grew grey
and bitter as she stared.
Drawing up misery
in the space behind
her hair...
...
If you could restart would you?
I wouldn’t
I think you would though
Tears fall and grass grows
The world keeps turning
Oh well
If you could help would you?
Would I?
How could I help someone who crys jewels?
Every piece of you is shattered
Don’t worry its fixable
Its easier with someone else
Is it?
Yeah it is
Let me help you repair yourself
❤️❤️❤️
Not very good at writing poems…
Constructive ...
I’m jealous
Of that woman crying under the willow tree
Sitting in her sadness, feeling her feelings
Not caring that everyone can see
Enjoying release
Her tears and nature
In perfect harmony
I know I’m sad but
My eyes are dry
My branches are stiff
There’s no mascara on my pillow
Dried out by this drought
Why can’t I be
A weeping willow?...
The tears on her face, the fear in her eyes
She will say she is fine, but that is lie
Out in the orchard, for weeks now it seems
I’ve seen her weep alone, even in my dreams
Never have I seen someone as depressed as she
The lonely tears that water my tree
The townspeople say she is mad, lonely and broken
Though I wonder if it is mere lies they have spoken
You can hear her whisper her wishes aloud ...
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