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I'm Not Ready Yet...
by Euna P. (Age: 15)
copyright 01-23-2006


Age Rating: 10 to 127

 
I'm not ready yet
to open up.
I'm not ready yet
to bloom.

I am a bud and a seed
tightly furled
surrounded by a hard shell
curled up and waiting.

I'm not ready yet
to bloom
or to sprout
so why?

Why do you rip open my cover?
Pry open my casing?
Tear through my heart?
Shred me apart?

You say you care
and this is for my own good
and I should be thankful
that you are doing this to me.

Why should I be thankful?
You tear me apart with sharp knives called words
drilling through my shell
tearing my core.

A bud that is pried open
will not bloom.
A seed that is torn too soon
will never grow.

You are impatient to see me
bloom and grow so you tear me.
When I cry that I am not ready
you become anger, and tear me more.

"Futile excuse" "Shameless pleading"
How can you do this?
You have torn me
so I am no longer alive.

"Lazy and stupid" "Bloom now!"
I can't I can't
"You are a bud! You are a seed!"
You've torn me to shreds!

"Buds bloom! Seeds grow!"
Not after they die!
"You are not dead! Bloom! Grow!"
I can't. It's not my fault!

You say no more
but stomp on me and say
you will give me another chance.
I must bloom, I must grow.

I'm not ready yet.
If I do bloom now...
If I do grow now...
If I can do anything now...

The blossom will be pale and withered.
The sprout will be scrawny and thin.
The fruit of the labor
will be sour.

You come back
and see what I have tried to do.
You shred the pale blossom
and uproot the thin sprout.

You say I can do better
that you know I can.
I try to scream
but my voice is gone with everything else.

I wasn't ready.
And you still expect me to grow and bloom
after you had ripped my soul
and had torn me apart.

I will no longer do it to please you.
If I bloom again
If I grow again
It's because you weren't there.

I am free now.
I no longer must bloom or grow for others.
I can bloom and grow for me.
I've left you now, and I won't return.

You were looking for something that wasn't there.
So how could I give it?
I left instead of pleasing you
and I am much happier now.

I can no longer be hurt by you.
I am out of your grasp.
You cannot lay a finger on me now.
I am free.

I have gone away now,
and I am free to grow and bloom when I please
soaring in the sky
on my little white balloon.


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04-17-2006 Leigh G.    

Amazing. Simply amazing. This is so meaningful and we all feel like this. Even though for some people, when we're torn open, we're forced to stay open and not get any time to regrow. I could go on forever about how this reminds me of other things, but since I'm in a good mood, I'll most likely get very side tracked and when I'm cheery I have horrible language... Anyhow, since I'm so wonderful at getting side track when I'm talking about not getting side tracked, you still did an amazing job with this, and like the others said, this work should be seen and recognized by more. Even though there's no need to use caps lock for the whole comment... Sorry, grammar freak showing. This is an amazing poem, and the way you put it was great. It reminds me of a poem I wrote... Great work, keep writing!

May the divine darkness be with you,
Leigh of the Commenting Crusaders
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02-01-2006 Richard Reed Jr    

Beautifully said. A really really well-structured poem And I can hear your voice so loud and clear and with so much passion. Totally entertaining and moving from first to last.

~gives her a Blue Ribbon~


01-31-2006 Brittney N. N.    

This is an excellent poem. It is really a dark poem. I too know what it's like for others to force you to grow up to quickly and do things you are not ready for. Good Work. Keep it up.


01-31-2006 Roger Crique    

IT IS UNBELIEVABLE TO ME TO SEE THAT SUCH WORK HAS BEEN IGNORED. EUNA, I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR BRAVERY AND FOR TAKING A STAND THAT VERY FEW YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TAKE. YOU WERE OBVIOUSLY LISTENING WHEN YOU WERE BEING TAUGHT. I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU. YOU HELD BACK AND DID NOT GIVE INTO THIS JERK THAT WANTED YOU FOR REASONS OTHER THAN TRUE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING. BUT WHAT PLEASES ME MOST IS THAT YOU WERE RELENTLESS IN YOUR POSITION AND DID NOT WAVERED! GOOD FOR YOU! YOU KNOW YOUR TRUE WORTH. AS FAR AS YOUR POEM, IT IS WELL WRITTEN, INSPIRING AND THE IMAGERY IS TRULY AWESOME! IN THIS SENTENCE, "you become anger, and tear me more." YOU MEANT, "YOU BECOME ANGRY." BUT BECAUSE YOUR POEM IS A WORK OF ART, IN MY OPINION AND BECAUSE YOU TOOK A STAND AND STOOD UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVED, I WILL GIVE YOU FIVE STARS. I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU MORE. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO ENLIGHTEN YOU AND GUIDE YOU LIKE HE HAS!



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