• Note: please do not click the mouse while watching the presentation poem, it’s automated. "Child" By Isabel M • • • • Confident and vulnerable Loyal and an emotional rollercoaster Awe-inspired and frustrated Child. Confident and vulnerable: Like a tiger ready to go hunting, With it's giant "ROAR" so I stand And act. With the imagination involved like a child But also the attitude of one When they know that they Are the tiger, not just acting like one. So I am. Makeup is a never, myself is an always Head up, shoulders back, back straight A smile and witty words Always voicing my mind. Yet also, so fragile. Like a child's heartbreak when a person says "You aren't a tiger! You aren't my friend anymore". The wide-eyed look, the sound of a million pieces Of my heart crashing to the floor When I get upset. Like a child when scolded or belittled. Confident and vulnerable. Loyal and an emotional rollercoaster: Perhaps not a child in loyalty, but rather a young pup. Loyal to everyone it meets, especially its master. Or rather a child that clings to its mother At all given times And treats Mommy with such respect, I treat my friends. Ends of the earth and back, no problem For those who I trust and trust me. Going up, suspense building, trust increasing, And then the lurch downward. The butterflies in the stomach as the ride Steeply goes Down Down Down. Hurt, anger, betrayal, Like a child when cranky. Then back up, up, up Look! The kid's feeling all better! Love, trust, happiness. Loyal and an emotional rollercoaster. Awe-inspired and frustrated: "The world is an adventure!" she proclaims, ready With her magic wand and her cape to go in all the Nooks and crannies. I like to agree with that proclamation. The world- nature, people, cultures All provoke a sense of a child saying "wooooow" For a good while. An obstacle? More like another step in the great journey Of the hero In my opinion. And then the flush of emotion, like a tantrum: What am I going to do with the rest of my life?! Where am I going to go, what am I going to do, Why don't people give me the same respect That I ALWAYS GIVE THEM? WHY? WHAT IS MY ROUTE TO SUCCESS? Just like: WHERE IS MY TOY? WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY TOY? WHY DID YOU TAKE IT? And then the calmness after a good nap: I'll be okay because I'm me. Oh look, my toy was right here. Sorry. Children: "They bring the best and the worst out of you" Indeed. Child. Work Cited (Pictures) Works Cited Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. Feb. 2015. <http://cdn2.hellogiggles.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/04/30/loyalty_rewards_dog.jpg?123->. • Downwards Rollercoaster. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. Feb. 2015. <http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ITrlYbAjvpQ/maxresdefault.jpg>. • Dynamic Tiger. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. Feb. 2015. <http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/40/590x/tiger-429074.jpg>. • Frustrated. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. Feb. 2015. <http://successwithsueham.com/wpcontent/uploads/2014/10/frustrated2.jpg>. • Loyal Friend. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. Feb. 2015. <https://cacina.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/loyal-friend.jpg>. • Nora. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. Feb. 2015. <http://www.wordsfromhere.com/images/nora.jpg>. • Pinkish Sky. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. Feb. 2015. <http://m3resources.org/rickhiggins/wpcontent/blogs.dir/5/files/2012/06/awe.jpg.scaled1000.jpg>. • Port of entry islands of adventure. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. Feb. 2015. <http://www.orlandoinformer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/port-of-entry-islands-ofadventure-725-oi.jpg>. • Upwards Rollercoaster. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. Feb. 2015.