Tragedies | Teen Ink

Tragedies

January 22, 2023
By WillaTalbot GOLD, Apex, North Carolina
WillaTalbot GOLD, Apex, North Carolina
10 articles 1 photo 0 comments

She was like writing


Hypnotizing


Engrossing


Composed of lovely words you never tired of


A beauty so mesmerizing


Her existence put Homer to shame


But people got so caught up in the book


They forgot we can write tragedies 


And how sudden the plot can change


When authors decide to play God


It takes entire anthologies to write a character like her


But only a single line to destroy one


If people were modeled after protagonists 


She was Juliet in her own right


Her melodious beginning led to a sorrowful end


So as the last page was read


They sat back and smiled fondly


Her story wasn’t a long one


But it was the best one they knew


The author's comments:

I took inspiration from the poem "I Wish I Wrote the Way I Thought" by Benedict Smith for this piece, and I think I was able to put a creative twist to it.


Similar Articles

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.