My First Poem

This is how my writing of poetry started.

Dedicated to Michelle

I used to write short stories about real events.

A girl called Michelle inspired me to write poems.

She was writing in a notebook on the counter.

Out of curiosity, I asked her what she was writing.

And she said that she was writing a poem.

I told her that I wanted to read the poem,

But at first, she was reluctant to show it to me.

She said that her poems were personal.

I kept urging her to show me the poems.

Finally, she handed me the book, and I read them.

Michelle's emotional writing impressed me.

Her feelings of love were similar to mine.

And I was really moved by one of the stanzas.

I could fully understand her depression,

For I had been experiencing sadness too.

That night I took a long time to fall asleep.

I was thinking deeply about the things I read.

The words of her poems kept ringing in my mind.

I had to reveal my secret pain to someone,

So in the early morning, I wrote a poem of love.

My first poem was entitled, “Nobody Loves Me.”

The next day I showed Michelle the poem.

She silently read it, and then she looked at me.

I could easily tell what she was thinking.

And from then on, I have been writing poems.

Author's Note

Thanks to Michelle, I became a poet.