I write this poems to inspire people as I was inspired.
Night-Time Thoughts:
I wrote this poem as a way to express myself. I felt that sometimes I didn't belong and I felt lost. I hope that this short poem inspires you to continue and work through the hard times even if you feel you can't. I understand the feeling that you are isolated and alone and that's what that poem's about.
The Path You Find
This poem was inspired by David Walliams' book 'Billionaire Boy'. In this book, Joe goes to a private school where he is bullied by stuck-up rich children because he has the least amount of money. When he went to a public school, he gained friends and he didn't tell anyone about his money. The people who are less fortunate are eager to be his friend but the people who are were wealthy, bullied him. I know that not all people who are rich are stuck-up and not all people who are not rich are nice.
(I avoided the word 'poor' because I feel it is the wrong word to use. Not all people who go to public schools are poor. When I think of the word, I see lower-class but most people who attend public schools in my area, are middle-class.)
The War Life
I was inspired by the famous WWT poets: Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Hedd Wyn. All of these poems were about the difficulties of war. I did some research and gathered all of the information - which was quite a lot. At this time, in history, we were learning about the war. (This was not homework.) I thought that a fact-file would be too dull and so I transformed the bullet points of facts into verses. I showed this to my history teacher and my English teacher as we were analysing poems in English.
Do You Know Yourself ?
'Do you know yourself?' is one of those deep poems. At this time I felt lost, this was round about the time I wrote 'Night-time Thoughts'. I felt as if I was alone, I was afraid and I felt like not even I knew what I was going to do next. I was unpredictable. I felt as if I didn't even know myself. I struggled but I eventually made my way through it.
Just Because...
This poem probably has the deepest meaning. My friend has a disabled dad and people look at him weirdly, as if there's something that he's doing wrong or he's wrong. I also have two friends who have autism, they don't have it severely but they've got it and it affects them. People bully them because of their unusual behaviour - which helps them cope with their surroundings - and one person said to one of them that they wouldn't be able to pass their GCSEs because of their autism. I don't believe that, obviously, and I know that they are perfectly capable of doing such things if they put their mind to it rather than taking what some horrible people say to heart.
I would like it if people gave me critism on any parts of this short digital book. If there is anything you find offensive, I apologise and I would like it if you let me know by commenting on it.
Thank you.
