• Who am I? Short creative reflection inspired by a Langston Hughes poem.

     

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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Who am I? Short creative reflection inspired by a Langston Hughes poem.', 1.
Extract

Theme for English IB I
"The instructor said,
Go home and write
a page tonight.
And let that page come out of you -
Then, it will be true."
I went home and this is what I wrote:
My name is I. I likes to breath. I likes to breathe life; a life in abundance.
Is I a real person,
Or does I exist only in my own imaginary world?
Is I the centre of my own universe,
Or is I a synchronized version of the person sitting next to me,
Trapped in a body not my own?
Is I a dream waiting to be realized
Or is I just me?
Am I a real person, or am I in the clock of life, telling the incorrect time? Some…

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