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The sound of the beat fills my ears
I can’t believe it’s from my own hands
The stars shine in my face
as my fingers follow the music
The music is scarring my face with emotions
by my hands are being controlled by the guitar
it seems
not the other way around
the guitar will not let me stop
The stars in the ski
make my face shine
Yeah, my hands fly high
so fly like they never did before
birds in the floor
and the lizards
in the sky
By Ashley, 7th grade
Click the media player above to listen to the poem read on KPFT 90.1 and KTRU 96.1 by Tori, WITS Youth Advisory Council Member. The background music is “Vagabond” by The Kinky Fingers. Produced by Susan Phillips.
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, KPFT 90.1 and KTRU 96.1.