Your Own Special Spark

so I watched dead poet society. and just. so many tears

In school we are taught
that inside us we all have
a special spark,
a glow,
a small light.
but, then we are taught
that we must control
our originality. we are
told a spark is okay, as
long as it does not start
a fire. colour is okay as
long as it does not stray
away from the grey hues
you've been forced into.
you have a flower inside
you but if you're a girl
and yours isnt pink or a
boy who's isn't blue then
you are taught there is
something wrong.
this poem is confined
even, because as this
ink that flows from my
pen may stain paper, I
cannot write off the
page, for ink will not stain
the air, and lay in wait to
be read. even the most
beautiful art is still
confined to its frame, as
the canvas will not take
shape of the art to erase
blank spots left behind.
nor will the art ever leave,
explode from it's wooden cage.

Reviews

[Sue]

As someone considered 'different' and who has only recently allowed the inner spark to shine brightly I love this poem as it encapsulates the stranglehold of conformity that I loathe in this world..... great read :)

[bobc]

O...I remember the admonition about colouring outside the lines. (Makes me smile thinking about it because as hard as I tried, I never quite managed to stay inside the lines.)

But no matter which form our art takes...writing or painting or sculpture or music or whatever...our task is sometimes to stray from the familiar forms and styles in which we're comfortable and create something different. In full recognition, of course, that our choices will always embody limits or boundaries.

Liked your poem...thanx...bobc

[Rosaria_V]

I love the meaning behind this poem! This was so well written :)))

[shallimarRose]

"this poem is confined
even, because as this
ink that flows from my
pen may stain paper, I
cannot write off the
page, for ink will not stain
the air, and lay in wait to
be read. even the most
beautiful art is still
confined to its frame."

Absolutely amazing poem... So glad I got to read this..

"you have a flower inside
you but if you're a girl
and yours isnt pink or a
boy who's isn't blue then
you are taught there is
something wrong. "

outstanding on so many levels.. shallimarRose