Shivers and more shivers <br />Every line of your poem (Theme for English B) sends me to delirium <br />What I am feeling I can’t describe <br />Readers’ high maybe <br />And then goose bumps take over like a rash <br /> <br />I am black and so are you <br />In my class is all white, but that’s usual here in the mid-west <br />Spot the difference and you find my dreads <br />Sprouting out like the head of the Medusa <br />I am distinguishable like impeccable me! <br />Yes ego, but necessary! <br /> <br />Some days my thoughts are half empty, some days half full <br />But it pours on out like the Nile and never seems to empty <br />What science can thus solve this riddle? <br />That ½ + ½ = infinity? <br />For only your poetry holds this clue! <br /> <br />Maybe someday <br />I will crush the fear of failure and pick up an ink and write <br />Scribble away all that’s true and real <br />And never return to school again <br />But you did and have I <br /> <br />Some days I want to elope like you did and flee <br />But my hearts got no wings <br />And my feet tied to rocks <br />I am bound to this table <br />And these books I have to study <br /> <br />Goodbye Hughes <br />Upon this page <br />Please find my reflections <br />Sprouting out like the head of the Medusa <br />Your fan <br /> <br />David<br /><br />David Beckham<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tribute-to-langston-hughes/
