I like trying my hand at http://figment.com/ ‘s Daily Themes from time to time. They give you a prompt, which you’re supposed to reply to in 100 words. This is my first take at poetry on Figment.
Your Daily Theme for 5/21/2013
What You Want
Characters are motivated by things that they want. These can be physical or emotional, tangible or intangible. Take five minutes and list things you want (“wealth, a passing grade in chemistry, to learn things quickly, to be admired by everyone I meet, to beat the next level of Candy Crush…”), then pick one of those desires. Write a brief scene or poem about a person who has that thing. How is he different from you? What does she want?
“She walks in beauty” was never more true
She walks with the confidence beauty doth imbue
People such as her with.
She stands tall and proud and
Looks every woman and man
In the eye. She can
Instill utter insecurity
Or speak her mind with impunity,
She is always forgiven.
One aspect makes life
Far easier in compare;
Things and people
From attraction cannot forbear.
Confidence leads to things
Such as success in travails;
Growing wings
That take her to new heights,
Lead her past crags
To peaks undiscovered
Or maybe unreachable.
Not to her,
But to me
For I walk not in beauty.
Link to my poem on Figment:
