New poem

This week I'm doing "The Cat." I really liked this poem because it says a lot about leaving into the unknown. Which is what all of us are approaching here soon. This one is about someone leavng the author into something they're unsure is the "right" thing to do. That's why the author said "do not go you'll only be trapped and bewitched and will suffer in vain." The decision being made here isn't a good one and there is no turning back once chosen. then later in the poem it tells the outcome of the decision, "she dissolved, a black cat in the black night, she just dissolved and no one saw her again. Not even she herself." The other wants the reader to understand how desolate the choice was. That's why there's repition to show the helplessness and loss. I believe the poem is titled so because black cats are associated with the night and dark or bad luck, so it's a metaphor and the cat is the person making the decision and the window is the choice. But the window is black so it's unknown what goes on in there, so the curious black cat goes and is then lost. The person making the decision loses herself and is lost forever. This is a free verse poem with 6 stanzas all of different length.

Leaving poem

Leaving is a hard thing to do
Putting aside all those things you once knew
Crawlng away from the warmth of our beds
To getting those new school somngs stuck in our heads.

No one said leaving would be easy
Especially when all that junk food is making me quesy
Snow is falling when there should be sun
My new friend and I are going out, What fun.

The sadness I felt is now long gone
Even when I think of new boys- especially shaun
I am no longer naked on the track of despare
Goodbye old life please take care
Leaving my new life will be the hard thing to do

Questions We Have About...Love

Are you real?
Why do you hurt me?
Is cupid real?
Is there someone out there for everyone?
Why are you invisible?
Why do you avoid some people?
What's real love?
How will you know?
Why can some be deeply in love while others can't?