From Then to Pen: Poetry Pieces From Specific Times In My Life

 

Welcome everyone to "From Then to Pen"! The theme for today is "write from different time periods of your life.  So I am going to share with you three, brand new poems I've written for this theme! Are you ready? Here we go!

Prompt: The Era I Was Obsessed with Social Media

Muted by the Feed
By: Samantha Jean Tate

There I go,

Posting another post

That no one will read
I try to speak out
For me and the trees.

No one gives a hoot,

My feed is pollute

My voice lies buried

Under ads and pics of kitties.

Algorithms dictate whether I will be seen.

Or if my content will be redeemed.

It's no fun when you're grieving something heavy

And all you get are crickets,

maybe a like or an "I Care"

and they say nothing at all.

Prompt: The summer after high school graduation

The Summer of '03

By: Samantha Jean Tate

Ah, sweet relief
No more having to wake up
at 5:30 AM
No more homework
No more teachers' dirty looks
I'm going to soak up this time
By doing nothing
Because come September
I'm an adult

I don't feel ready
My brain is fried
Gotta prepare myself mentally
Because the chaos of college

Awaits me

Prompt: 2001

I Thought 17 Would Be Fun
By: Samantha Jean Tate

I thought 17 would be fun
Hanging out with my bestie,

chasing boys,

partying.

Instead, a storm came

that was uninvited

that tore through me

and left everything out of place.

He entered like a thief

not just through a door

but through me.

My trust had baby teeth

and he knocked 'em out

just for fun.

It happened in a minute

But the pain remains

Lingering for years.

A bruise on my soul

My heart screams for peace.

They say time heals
But I'll never forget
That stormy night

in October 2001

Gee...

I thought 17 would be fun.

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