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Softly Spoken

May 14, 2015
By JennahH BRONZE, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
JennahH BRONZE, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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I may be soft spoken

but I am not broken
I choose to sit
and soak up
the things that are being said

I do have a voice
and it can be quite deceiving
but believe me
you can't always tell what I am thinking

shy and quiet at school
because it’s not cool
to make a big scene
that’s not me

The truth is
My feelings are broadcast where everyone can see
                         looking into my eyes like a television screen
and seeing right through me
trying to be the best that I can be
but I doubt people know everything
about me.


I am boisterous and poetic
full of life and have a force that is kinetic
drawing people in
to what I am saying.   

That is me
not the soft spoken girl everyone seems to see
but a very lively young lady.

now you know the real me .



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IsaacB SILVER said...
on Nov. 10 2015 at 9:24 pm
IsaacB SILVER, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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I really like the rhyme that starts each stanza, and how you show more and more about yourself throughout the poem. You had a lot of good examples to show, not tell, and I think this really added to your poem!

Resop BRONZE said...
on Nov. 10 2015 at 4:24 pm
Resop BRONZE, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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I love your internal rhyme!