Day Nineteen

Probably about time I shared something I have written. Bravely I am posting this poem which I wrote today. It was for one of the exercises on the course to represent Bildungsroman. Don't worry I hadn't heard of it either...basically it means a novel which charts the hero/heroine's development to maturity. You could do it in a paragraph or a poem. This is what I came up with:

Adolescent Awakenings

I lie on the blue of my bedroom carpet,

the curtains open a crack to

reveal the enormity of the universe.

Now and again I close my eyes,

but when I open them it is still there.

The weight of realisation

is crushing my changing body.

I fear for a crumbling brain.

I need to reach maturity in

bite-sized chunks.

Getting through school and what is cool,

is hard enough without realising that

I am a tiny chirp

drowned out by the roar

of the world.

That is probably enough for today - I'm exhausted after that and need to lie down in a darkened room and contemplate....well, just contemplate.

Until tomorrow, Cam x