I wrote Contemplation in 1984, 16 years old. Many of my poems have a spiritual element. Here the soul is seeking enlightenment, truth and ultimately, peace. Compare this poem to She Awaits the Sunrise (1985), with its similar theme. I
Contemplation
Freedom
Freedom describes the disillusionment that follows when one wakes up to the harshness of reality – the beloved is not the person one fell in love with. Compare this poem to Death of a Girl (also from 1984), with its
Tears of Failure
I wrote this poem in 1985, 17 years old. It describes the pain of failure. If we respond to failure with dejection, we lose the opportunity to learn from it. Compare this poem to the victorious tone of Ascension, written