Inner War Poem

Inner War

Surrounded by constant worry.

Becoming alone or to be judged.

What will happen today?

I wonder, thoughts racing

Like a missile headed toward a destination,

And then it hits me.

We are all alone in this world,

We always will be.

A constant battle against anxiety.

Why can’t things go back,

To what they used to be?

When will this war end

So I can have my peace of mind

Given back to me.

                                                               - Bailey Martin

At First i began going up to strangers and asking if they would like to read my poem and then I would snag a photo of them. After a while i realized that what i was doing was inefficient, so decided to change it up and place my poem around campus. hoping that i would reach more people, i placed my poem in highly visible areas that had a lot of traffic.

I believe I reached approximately thirty to forty people around Vancouver.

Summers Breeze Haiku

The school bells ringing

Our sea above

Whitecaps sail gently

PHYSICAL OR SEDENTARY?

           I believe that I am a person that fits into the Physical section, as I am always yearning to do some physical work when I found myself in sedentary situations. Much like what Kate Braid described in her composition "A Plea for the Physical" I learned to love physical labor through an experience I had in my younger years. Many people in today's society are too enclosed in their bubble and are scared to even touch a stranger for a half a second. Our society needs to connect with nature more and experience the life of our previous ancestors that once lived only a few hundred years ago. I choose to live the physical way of life because I know its the healthier, more balanced lifestyle that also helps me connect with the world and in a way bond with nature.