"Please get an easy one, please get an easy one, please please please," I whisper under my breath. I watch as the digital wheel stops and confetti shoots out. "Longing?" I ask aloud, quickly covering my face in embarrassment.
My classmates laugh. "Yes Jade, longing. What do you long for?" My teacher talks over their laughter.
I pause to think. She laughs, "don't answer me, write a poem."
Without a second thought I scramble to find my pen and paper. What do I long for?
A poem on what I long for.
On Earth, I am simply there
Walking, talking, living here
Human by Birth
Alien to Earth
During the day,
The humans ask why I differ
During the night,
The moon asks why I linger
I tell the humans, "I'm reaching for the stars"
I tell the moon, "my roots are buried in dirt"
With that they sigh, "what a shame"
And without a doubt, I feel the same
In which I can only pray
That hopefully one day
I'll find a place
Where I'm just enough for Earth and outer space
I made this for school today! I like it a lot. It's still freeverse but I tried rhyming more. I really gotta try using rhyming schemes and meters soon, gotta get out of my comfort zone one day.