Sydnie Rae Clifton 

10/31/18 

FIQWS 10108 HA17 

Prof. Janelle 

ODE TO THE SWORD 

An Ode to The Sword 

 A weapon of mass destruction 

Slices through my enemies like paper 

A representation of medieval times  

Sharp metal forged by blacksmiths 

People use their sword for offense  

Mine helps me with defense 

A sword used to fight spills blood 

The blood is dark like ink 

The ink staining the paper is prominent 

Emotions inside me become dominant 

Words hit me like an attack 

But the words protect me like a shield in battle 

A wound would heal with time 

Words outlive you and I 

The sword might be powerful 

But the pen is mightier than the sword 

 

#MeToo Movement 

Some nights she would be fine 

Other nights she would just cry 

But nights like these were the worst 

The ones where nightmares reminded her how much it hurts 

She’d wake with screams that could shatter glass 

Haunted with demons from the past  

The monster that terrorized her stole her voice 

And people think her silence was a choice 

She was lost without a sound 

But another’s voice helped her’s be found 

#MeToo trends on the twitter feed 

The understanding she didn’t know that she would need 

Someone else seemed to know her pain 

By speaking out it made the demons tame 

She still had no words of her own 

It helped that others shared her tone 

Even though her weakness made her burn with hate  

Peace might one day be her faith 

 

    I.N.T.R.O.V.E.R.T 

I- Immured in my own mind 

N- Notorious for keeping to myself 

T- Trust the ones who won’t hurt me 

R- Rough around the edges 

O- Overwhelmed by a stranger’s presence 

V- Vision a future where I am at peace 

E- Entertaining myself with fictional fantasies 

R- Refrain from picking myself apart because of flaws 

T- This is my identity