National Poetry Day/'Today' by Catherine Hodgson

Happy National Poetry day, everyone!

To celebrate, here is a poem by an amazing young poet.

Poets young, old, short, tall, wherever you are from and whoever you are - keep on writing.

- Beth Jellicoe

Today (I am capable of your smile four times over)

Today is nothing to be afraid of.
You should gaze up to satellites
Like you did yesterday
Draw pictures on the glass
Opaque by the restlessness of morning
You should read a thousand books 
Say a thousand words
Hold your pencil to the paper
And show us how you'd like your life to be

Or just stop. Let your finger hover
on the window for a moment
And think
If I just let go
Right now-
But does it matter?
Because we are just human
We are not superbeings or wonders of technology
We hold our hands out and ask for more, so
We cannot be the masters of time and space and everything
So just stop.
Think.
You are nothing more than me
Our eyes see the same earth, the same sky-
Your heart beats the same drum
And I do not think that
You should be crying today.

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Bio

Catherine Hodgson: "I'm a fourteen-year-old lover of reading, writing, photography and Brandon Flowers. I was a Commended Foyle Young Poet of the Year in 2010, and my love if writing has been encouraged further since then. I live in Sussex and have had two blogs for two years."