POEM STARTER
Write a poem using multiple rhetorical questions, where the narrator is questioning their own judgement or viewpoint.
You could use the questions to make the reader think, or to show how doubtful the narrator is of their own stance.
Conflicting Emotions
I want to be alone
But also be held
Why can’t I choose?
I want everyone to leave
But I’m scared of being left
Why such a difference?
I want to sink into an abyss
But frolic with friends in a field
Can I have both?
I feel so empty
But I know people care
So why can’t I see that?
I feel worthless
Yet people love me
Why is that?
I felt fine yesterday
And even earlier today
So why not now?
I feel like crying
But don’t know how
Did I ever know?
Please, someone could you help
Figure these emotions out
Or is that too much to ask?