"I am" poem

I am creative and musical
I wonder what my life will be like in twenty years
I hear the brassy ring of a thousand trumpets singing
I see the golden sunset
I want to be loved and accepted
I am creative and musical

I pretend to be from another time
I feel the magic of life surround me
I touch the hand of my savior
I worry that I will never find someone to start a life with
I cry for those that I cannot help
I am creative and musical

I understand that life is short
I say that there is a place to go after life
I dream that one day I will be going home to that place
I try to enjoy the days I have
I hope I can change the lives of others
I am creative and musical

Life Lessons from Jane Eyre

            Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is one of the most famous classics of all time.  It can teach us many lessons about our own lives by showing us the troubled life of the main character, Jane.  The book combines the simple idea of a man and a woman meeting and falling in love with the more complicated fact that they are nearly twenty years different in age.  The strange and unusual relationship between the two heroes of the book draws the reader in, creating in the reader a twisted acceptance of the deep feelings the two very opposite parties have for each other.  The contrast between Jane and her beloved Mr. Rochester shows us that details like wealth, connection, and even age don’t matter as much as we often try to make them when it comes to love.  Sometimes people should look past things that don’t matter so that they can focus on the things that do.

            Although the story of the poor little orphan girl named Jane begins in a rather gray atmosphere, it brightens when Jane, at the age of eighteen years, decides that she is master of her life, and that she is about to change her gloomy life situation.  The book, although primarily focused on the relationship that develops between Jane and the rich Mr. Rochester (the owner of the manor where Jane becomes governess), the story contains a very modern underlying theme: the individual has the ability to control their life circumstances.  Jane could have gone with the “flow” her life naturally developed.  She could have lived out her days as a modest, polite, and proper teacher at Lowood Academy, perusing its few dull volumes for enjoyment.  Jane took control of her life though, and ended up marrying the man she came to love, enjoying all the comforts life at the time could offer.  Jane teaches us that our deepest dreams aren’t necessarily as far out of reach as we think.  We simply have to try to reach them.