Do you remember this post a while back letters from students. If not, read it, because it will help you to understand this poem I wrote. I also wrote this poem with my students, when I was teaching them how to do a 5 minute free write and then turn it into a poem. (Once again, the formatting is weird)
Letters to Prison
I don’t want to write you.
I don’t know what to say.
You’re a loser.
I’m so disappointed in you.
I can’t write that.
What he wants to hear is:
I believe in you.
Which I don’t.
Everything will be fine.
Which it won’t.
You will never be okay.
How can I write that?
I can’t, so I won’t.
Sometimes we want to hear the lies.
Sometimes we don’t want the truth.
So, I’ll write:
Dear Jesse,
I don’t know what to say.
~Lesli
But, that is still a lie.
