Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Kids and Me

Some kids are out training for the basketball tournament
Where am I? training for war.
Some kids are out playing baseball,
Where am I? battling for my life.
Some kids are hanging out, eating junk food,
Where am I? Eating beans and rice.
Some kids are watching the news on TV,
Where am I? Lying dead in the middle of the screen.

2 comments:

Gary Coyle said...

Jake...

Good work here. I especially liked the images you picked. The poem was cool too it reminded me of "Masks". The writing is solid, perhaps more re-telling than reflection, but you were on target. Overall a solid effort. Well done.

-Mr. Coyle

Sabei said...

nice poem!!
and a good title to go with it.