"Blank"

Tierre
Compton-Drew ILC Middle School 

"Blank" by Tierre Compton-Drew ILC Middle School This video was taken at the 2004 7GP 7th Grade Poetry Contest Winner Event in St. Louis, MO. Read the poems of every 7GP winner at https://www.7gp.org. The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP) is transforming young lives and their classrooms through writing.

Everybody’s life is like a blank page, 
Until you put something in it. 
Some people even fill it. 
Parents sometimes push their child so hard, 
They don’t have time to fulfill it. 
They’re too busy doing other things. 
Then, it leads to unacceptable things. 
They put sex, drugs, adultery– 
Sins on their page; 
Instead of the godly ways. 

They think other’s sins go on their page, 
Because their parents pushed them out 
Of their lives at an early age. 
They grow up thinking nobody cares. 
Unexpectedly, the child abruptly dies, 
And the adult suddenly, cries. 

The adult turns their life over to God, 
And let Him lead the way. 
Later, comes the better page. 
The adult’s life is changed! 

Everybody is like a blank page, 
Until you put something in it.