She doesn’t need you,
but she’ll suck you in anyway.
The more you know her
the more you’ll grow to need her.
Time with her feeds the soul and clears the conscience.
She’s been taken advantage of,
and she’s different for it,
but it makes her all the more
beautiful
when you see her smile or laugh.
She’d never start a fight
but she’ll sure as hell finish one.
She’s loyal to a fault and fiercely protective.
If she loves you,
she makes sure you know it.
She’d give to you the clothes off her back or the last
dollar in her pocket.
She’s beautiful, but she doesn’t try to be.
You’ll never see a speck of makeup on her face,
she doesn’t want it,
she doesn’t need it.
She doesn’t need to be that easily understood.
If eyes are the window to the soul,
looking into her bright green irises you’ll find beauty
within that
puts her smile to shame.
Her voice draws you in,
makes you feel safe,
makes you feel welcome,
makes you feel like you’re home.
The music she makes allows her to understand herself.
It’s beautiful, but it’s not for you.
You can listen, but it’s not for you.
You can listen but if you don’t understand, you never will.
She’s friendly, but she’ll keep you at arms length
until she knows she can trust you,
until she knows you’re like her.
She’ll give you every reason to leave, just to see if you’ll
stay.
If you do stay, you’ll find in her a friend, a companion, a
confidant, a soul mate.
She doesn’t need you,
but she’ll suck you in anyway.
The more you know her
the more you’ll grow to need her.
Time with her feeds the soul and clears the conscience.
This poem is about my home state, West Virginia. I tried to
incorporate into her personality the state’s history, common perception from
outsiders, the way I perceive the state and the way I feel when I go back home.
I am very passionate about where I’m from and I think my love for the state
shine’s through in this poem.
Your love for your home state does show through this poem. I really enjoyed reading your poem! From my understanding of your poem, it sounds like West Virginia is a very friendly state. It seems as though the people there are all very accepting of one another. Also, the people in your hometown are kindhearted people who you can trust. I have never been to West Virginia, but it sounds like it is a very beautiful state by the way you have described it here. I feel like your home state would be a wonderful place and you seem to be very attached to it.
ReplyDeleteI love the descriptive language that you used through out this entire poem. You made West Virginia seem more like a person rather than a place and that's what kept me intrigued. Like Samantha said, it' really clear, your love for your home state and I think that anybody from your same town would respect that. West Virginia reminds me of some of the places I have lived, so I also feel like I can relate to this. Overall, this was a job well done!
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