My class had an assignment to write a poem the goes: I Want To Be _______ but not so _______ that ____________. So, when I handed it in, the teacher gave it to the principal to read, then to some other teachers, so I guess I done good. smile Here It is :
June 19th 2006 I Want To Be I want to be strong, but not so strong that I can't feel no emotion and sensitivity toward compassionate friends and family.
I want to be confident, but not so confident that I become terribly selfish and arrogant towards the ones that I love.
I want to be fast, but not so fast the I can't see the beauty in ones inner self, and the slow, quiet, trilling choirs of a humming bird.
I want to be energetic, but not so energetic that I can't slip into the dream world of beautiful thoughts and amazing wonders of life and creative imagination.
I want to be dreamful, but not so dreamful that reality seems but a wonderous dream and not real life itself, and that I can't believe the things I see in it.
I want to be pure, but not so pure that I can never learn the lessons and the mistakes that I must learn from in order to live a knowing life and know the qualities and equalities in life.
I want to be tall, but not so tall that I can't see the wonders of the life below me and hear the imaginative poetry and creativity I desire to learn from and see.
I want to be small, but not so small that no one can hear my concerns and my personal feelings and my open mind, and a cry for help when I need it most.
I want to be quiet, but not so quiet that I will pass by a friend being emotionally beaten in the soul from someone who takes their furious anger and rage out on them.
I want to be cold, but not so cold that the frozen, white winter seems as though it is just a cool breeze coming from the calming, airy spring.
~By: Ashley
~Black Rose~213 · Tue Jun 27, 2006 @ 01:38pm · 1 Comments |