David's Poems

Poems written by my ten year old grandson, David Belmonte as part of school work.

My Magic Box

I will put in the box

The red roses in a raspberry field,

The silver in a gold mine and

The last Dodo on Earth.

I will put in the Box

The feathers of five flaming Phoenixes,

A soul from heaven and hell and

the last star in the Universe.

I will put in the Box

A golden summer whale on the sapphire sea,

A bird with four legs and a wolf that glides.

I will put in the Box

A scorpion with no stingers but seven claws,

The red scale of a blue dragon and

a mother’s last wish before death.

Elegy

When I’m alone, I think of you,

When I walk around, I hear your voice,

Whenever I look at the moon, I always see your face,

Thinking you might be around,

But knowing that you’re gone…

When I was young, you took care of me…

When I was young, you left me here…

I believe you still exist today,

I believe that you haven’t left,

But still, I know that you’re gone.

When you passed away, I thought you weren’t gone,

I thought you were moving, I thought you were still here,

But then I realized, a part of me was missing.

But still, I knew that part was you.

Sorrow is the knife that stabs me in the heart,

Death is the sickly arrow that separated us,

Now I don’t know what to do,

Without your guidance I wouldn’t understand,

But still, I know that you’re gone.

It’s hard to be brave about it,

I wish you were still here,

But I know that we will meet again,

So I look forward to that one day,

Where I will be re-united once again…

Ode

You are the miracle that guided me to happiness,

The one that helped get through the darkness,

Who saved me from my own sadness,

The savior of my life and the giver of my heart.

The hero that guided my soul to victory,

You are the reality that does not end,

Continuing every day and night,

The dreams are sent by you.

Unusual in it’s own way, creating forms,

Forms of different kind, unique and untraceable,

These dreams can be anything or anywhere,

Every corner of a dream hides something,

Like a secret or a new feeling.

A land where nothing sleeps, eats or drinks,

A mysterious place where nothing rules,

Nothing hates, nothing likes,

A private area to relax in a bed of emotions,

Unknown to the world and a mystery to all,

Nobody knows, so it’s all mine!

Personification

I smite your happiness with my raging fist

It is I that fills you with negative thoughts

For I bring calamity and hatred to your soul

It is I, Anger.

Minding your own business

Then a corrupted surge goes through

Leaving you in a daze of black and red

Slowly entering your mind…

I am normal to those who hate

Those who disrespect others

It is I that makes them feel hateful

It is I that makes them careless

My box is styled with rocks, diamonds and bones.

It has steel on the lid and emotions in the corners.

It’s hinges are the toes of Ostriches.

I will fly in my box and land in the waters

of the calm sea and ride the creatures in it.

Then I will move the stars with it.

I will put in the Box

A poem’s end and a Final word:

END