The Sentence You Are by Ally Poulter

Author's note: In school we are exploring poetry and our inner poets. This is a poem I wrote about how I want the world to remember me, I hope you enjoy it! Poetry hasn't ever really been a strong writing style for me, but I did my best!

Life is a blank canvas,

an empty page,

a solemn face,

until you make something of it.

Until you light the torch

and spark creativity

and imagination.

Until you ignite your dreams,

and watch them blossom and grow into something much larger.

Life is like a book,

and you are a sentence.

You have the power

to be a very meaningful sentence in that book.

To be a sentence

that touches someone’s heart,

that makes an impact on that book.

You have the power

to inspire

and direct what you have to say,

what you mean,

and what you want to represent

in that book.

In life.

You have the power

to make an impact

on people.

Even if it’s only one person,

out of Seven billion humans in this world.

I want to make an impact.

That is my dream,

that is the torch I want to ignite.

I want to be remembered as a meaningful sentence,

A sentence, with words that mattered to people

words that mattered to someone.

I want my page to be marked in that book

So people will never forget

my sentence

and the words I have to say.

That is my dream.

That is my hope for the future.

That is who I hope to be.

                       

A Simple Reflection...

Inspiration hasn't jumped out at me lately. It seems to have been hiding for some reason not wanting to be found. Though, I'm glad I was able to hunt it down and not be fully submerged into writers block. So here I am, reflecting on my school-year so far....and I'm quite interested in yours too!

Whether your a student reading this blog, a teacher, or even someone who is not attending school and just working, let me know how you feel you are doing so far. We've all got goals that we planned to reach. What were they? Did you reach them yet, or are you still in the progress?

The school year is more than half way over and I swear I felt like I've been competing with it in a face paced race. Time has decided to speed up this year, it seems, everything has gone by so quickly!

This school year was definitely a year for learning. I learned so much and I am so grateful of that. But I am talking like it's already summer, I still have a lot more to go! So If you haven't met those school goals yet...don't worry, you've got time. And even though time seems to be racing by, you'll meet your goals eventually if you keep up good effort.

I know this wasn't the best blog post, or the most inspiring, or creative, or carefully worded, or longest, and it was really more of a ramble. But I asked a few questions that I'd appreciate you answering and gave my opinion, and that's what makes a blog  what it is.....opinions and thoughts.

Thoughts and opinions that spark ideas. Let the spark turn into a flame and ignite your goals!