Clichés: [A Savior]

Clichés are the             [enemies]         of English teachers.

            Too [informal] for Formal Assignments

and                  too [uncreative] for Creative Assignments.

                                    They trick the mind with        illusive             [lies]

            and      hide the truth with                              subtle               [optimism].

Overused and lost of meaning, they   lack the            abstract            [originality]

                                                            that      burns with       [honesty].

It is a               [pillow]            for your                                   [insomnia],

                        a          [pill]                 for your                                   [sad days],

   a         [savior]              for your                               [grief].

The      [flowery exterior]        seizes the eye with      a [mask] of [yesterday]

            and has your    [throat]                        to feed with    the aroma of

                        no                    questions                     asked.

But,                              to my [friend]

         of a friend of a friend of a friend,

when the         heart    can’t [heal],

clichés become                        the only thing

that keeps me

[sane].