If They Only Knew

This one is the second assignment in my Poetry Unit during my Freshman year of high school.  I think this is the year I really found writing could help me purge my pent up emotions and angst.  It really is a great outlet, so I would recommend giving it a try if you never have.

"Assignment 2:  Create your own poem of at least two stanzas having the rhyming pattern of a b c b.  Pay attention to your rhyme so the lines have similar meter.

"Example of a b c b:  The Sky is low--the Clouds are mean.

                             A Traveling Flake of Snow

                             Across a Barn or through a Rut

                             Debates if it will go --"

And I messed up on this one.  I did the rhyming pattern a c a b instead.  But my teacher still gave me 100% on this unit.  

If They Only Knew

If they only knew

The pain they cause.

If they only knew how we feel.

Would they hurt us more?

Would they sympathize?

Would they stay as before?

Would they change?

If they only knew the pain.