note: I wrote this for an assignment in my English class. We listened to a spoken word poem ("How To Be A Person" by Shane Koyczan) and the assignment was to write a 5-stanza poem inspired by it, about how we can be better people this year. It was the first English assignment I really enjoyed, because most of them aren't very creative. :)
i. love simply.
notice the little things—
the sweep of hair after a gentle tilt of the head,
eye meeting eye in the midst of a thunderous crowd,
a hand’s sigh as it drops to the side.
love does not have to be grand
or extravagant.
learn to love people as they come.
ii. welcome passion.
do not let sentiment become an achilles’ heel.
feel freely, feel dramatically, feel painfully, and feel fully.
let the world change your mind and let people hurt you;
scream and cry and shout if you need to.
you will be all the better for it.
iii. be a poet.
see the beauty in life
despite all its fractured pieces
and learn to accept them.
stay
i. love simply.
notice the little things—
the sweep of hair after a gentle tilt of the head,
eye meeting eye in the midst of a thunderous crowd,
a hand’s sigh as it drops to the side.
love does not have to be grand
or extravagant.
learn to love people as they come.
ii. welcome passion.
do not let sentiment become an achilles’ heel.
feel freely, feel dramatically, feel painfully, and feel fully.
let the world change your mind and let people hurt you;
scream and cry and shout if you need to.
you will be all the better for it.
iii. be a poet.
see the beauty in life
despite all its fractured pieces
and learn to accept them.
stay
