My creative writing teacher gave us an assignment one day. He said, "Class, you're going to write a sonnet." It was by far the hardest thing I've ever written in his class. This is my first and only sonnet, entitled "Growing Apart", and I hope you like it. When writing this piece, the only thing I could think about was keeping a steady rhythm. I kept saying to myself, "Iambic pentameter, iambic pentameter!" I didn't really know what I was going to write about. But, after completing the assignment an reading over my work, I realized that it was more than just ten syllables per line or a letter grade going into the grade book. So, what I'm hoping the reader will get from reading this is that it is a beautiful thing to love a person, whether it is a spouse, a friend, or a relative, but we all have our own purpose in life, and if that person is holding you back from achieving that purpose, it's best to let them go. And if they love you enough, they'll understand. I got a spiderman sticker on my paper, and in Mr. Matteau's class, that means a lot. So, yes I am proud of my work and of the way it turned out on my first try. Hope you enjoy :)