Poems written in Creative Writing Club - March 2022

The Table by Iona S - Year 10

Have you ever wondered how absurd it is?

Have you?

I definitely have.

I’m only joking with you.

Have you ever wondered how absurd it is that there are

6 billion people who live on this “earth”

This big rock floating through space.

Each one has their own life,

Their own secrets and dilemmas,

And I hear it ALL -

From heart break to humour,

Death to delight,

Nightmares to new life -

All from my little corner of this café.

Now you may call me strange

But I would not swap this

For anything in the world.

I witness the most vulnerable parts of people’s lives,

The parts that they don’t want anyone to know.

But don’t worry - I can keep a secret,

I can add it to my stash of thousands of others

That no other soul has heard.

Realistically who would I tell?

I could tell the chairs,

But they are all stuck up,

So I would rather not.

I mean, I am just a table after all.