
Photo by: Lotus Carroll
Do you know that
there are two layers
of love and joy
inside and outside?
Look deeper, because
I understand
the color of the sun;
and there is nothing more I could ask for
than a life like
the color of my eyes.
And the great teachers
I have, with my mother
and father, they
complete my day.
As I see myself
in the mirror, I see
the beauty in me
every day.
By Ali-Raza, 2nd grade
Click the link above to listen to the poem read on KPFT radio by Jaquelyn Simmons, a 7th grader at Johnston Middle School For the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston. The background music is “Super Pop Happy Song” by Five Easy Pieces. Produced by Susan Phillips. Faculty is Alex DeWalt, Assistant Principal.

Poem a Day is made possible in part by H-E-B Tournament of Champions, Copy.com, The City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, Texas Commission on the Arts, and KPFT 90.1.
Original post: September 11, 2014
Martha Chamberlain
So beautiful!