There is a girl I know,
Whose skin is white as snow.
Her eyes are pools,
Of big blue jewels
Her hair, blonde and curly.1
She excels in music,
And drama, and sport,
And every subject
She has been taught.
She’s top of the class,
In English and maths,
And the teachers call her ‘darling’.2
But at the end of the day,
We put our books away.
And she sighs,
And her eyes,
Are no longer pools
Of big, blue jewels,
But oceans weighed with sorrow.3
“Are you okay?”
I call from behind,
“I’m fine.”
I’m fine.
And I look into her eyes,
And see through her disguise.4
For there is a girl,
The most popular in the world,
With no one to share her secrets.
For no one understands,
The scars on her hands,
Or her heart, broken in pieces.
Author notes
This is option 4 part one, although a few words from the list may have been used. It is in memory of a girl I knew at school. She has moved schools now, though. Hope you liked it!
A contest entry
- Choices! by Writing0Freedom.
825 points, ended August 12, 2008, 18 entries
Honorable mention
• next story in this contest, remove from contest - Think you gotz poetry skillz? by Naive..
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Comments
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Awesome poem.....now that I come too think of it I believe that I too know such a person in my school. I guess that everyone can relate to this poem.
Keep it up!! -
I like the description, you conveyed it very well. I like how you drop it on us t the very end, and so the contrast is really visible. Its so true there are so many people out there like this! Well written, and beautiful!
Thank you for entering and putting your option in A\N!
WritingFree -
It starts out very good, which keeps the reader, then you keep is going throughtout the poem. Its flowingh and beautiful.
GREAT JOB!
VH -
You did well. At first I thought it was one of those nursey stories we read as children. Good job
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