The Place

So yesterday's poem was the last assignment in my poetry unit for my 5th hour.  But then I turned the page and found this poem.  Let's see... As far as I can tell, I wrote this poem for Reflections when I was a Sophomore.  The theme was "Dare to Discover."  I don't know if I ever turned it in because all I have is a hand written copy.  Maybe that's because I turned it in.  I do think our teacher made everyone write one, but not necessarily made us all enter the Reflections contest.  Clearly, if I did enter, I didn't win.  I would remember winning something, wouldn't I?

The Place

I have just discovered
A land never before uncovered.
A place where your eyes don't go.
A place only I know.

A place so rare.
It's just not fair.
A place so sleek
A place you will never reach.

A place only I can go.
A place you will never know.
A place only I can find.
A place only in my mind.

But there is a place only you can know.
A place only you can go.
Dare to discover
Your place not yet uncovered.

(January 6, 1995)