“Lisztomania”
Lia
Collettsville School
Caldwell County, North Carolina
"Lisztomania" by Lia 2016 7GP 7th Grade Poet Laureate Collettsville School Caldwell County, North Carolina To read the poems of every 7GP 7th Grade Poet Laureate, visit www.7gp.org. The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP) transforms young lives, improves classrooms and unites communities through poetry writing.
I see them,
staring,
laughing,
judging,
The clothes I wear,
the way I look,
the actions I make,
I see them,
staring,
laughing,
judging,
They think I’m alone,
but I have my music,
my headphones,
and my need,
my need for music
I see them,
staring,
laughing,
judging,
And I see her,
with music,
headphones,
and a need,
a need for music,
The people,
she sees them,
staring,
laughing,
judging,
But not just at me,
at her too
She walks over to me,
how does she know who I am,
why does she want to know who I am,
Who cares,
we can share the need,
the need for music,
Because we suffer,
suffer from lisztomania,
together