05.29.2018
Tacoma Graduation Success Student Shares Her Poetry
Kayla, 18, is a Tacoma student in our Graduation Success program. She harnesses her creativity into writing poetry and wanted to share one of her poems, which she wrote for an art class.
Poem of My Poem
No one knows what I’m thinking
I lay my words on a thin flat ground with lines
They say, “Forget what you’re doing” and just start prinking
Having a lot to say with so little time
Times I write of joy
Others I write for anger
There’s no way I can be a decoy
If what I say makes people even stranger
Every time my brain tells me to speak
There’s a pen and paper with my voice wrote with no lies
Not to scream because I am too weak
I write until my hand gives out and I cry
Without words I have no feelings
Without feelings I have no words
About the Author
Kayla is one of more than 750 youth in Treehouse’s Graduation Success program. She is preparing to graduate from high school and pursue her dreams.