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Humanity

December 8, 2015
By Kayleigh6 BRONZE, West Bromwich, Other
Kayleigh6 BRONZE, West Bromwich, Other
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Favorite Quote:
“I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.” - Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower


If I could create a box, I would put in it,

Cowardice cyber bullies their faces hidden,
Hurtful comments spoken out of spite,
Homophobes and racists and narrow minded people.

 

I would put in my box,
The evil that soldiers witness on a daily basis,
The tears of the innocent in third world countries torn by warfare,
And the grief of parents who have lost their children.

 

I would put in my box,
The heartache of people whose partners have cheated,
The confusion of  saints who have lost their faith,
And the wealth of criminals who can afford to get away with their crimes.

 

The box would be made out of,
The carved bones of murderers and the steel of the cells that held them,
It would be bonded by the blood of their victims,
And the victim's heartbroken families.

 

I would bury my box,
Deep in the ground of the most uninhabitable landscape,
I would walk away not leaving any clue that I was there,
My box would be hidden with everything else dark in the world.
But this box doesn’t exist.
 


The author's comments:

While doing work experience with a primary school in my local area I was helping 5-6 year old children write poetry. They had one stimulus, a box. It was up to their own imagination to decide what it was made out of and what it had inside of it. Later that day I had writers block so I decided to also try and write poetry based on 'my box.' 


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