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You Don't Know Me

Instructions: Fill in the blanks at the bottom of the page to create your own poem. Once you are done, you will be able to print and email your poem. You can also share a copy of your poem with Pongo, or download this activity to print and work on off-line.

Everything in the box below can be changed. Feel free to add lines, remove lines, or change words to fit your purpose. Simply highlight and delete the blank lines and the suggestions in parentheses, as you go.

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Read "You Don't Know Me" by Chuck

You Don't Know Me
by Chuck

You see that I’m alone
You see that I steal
But you don’t know me.

You would know me if
You knew how hard it was to live alone
You knew how love has hurt me
You knew your mom didn’t love you.

You see that I smoke
You see that I fight
But you don’t know me.

You would know me if
You knew how I turn emotions to haze
You knew how I don’t fear death
You knew how tucked in the corner was sadness.

[DELETE the underlines, suggestions, and any text you don't want (including this line!).]

a poem by __________________ (your name here)

You see that I  _______________________________________________ (fight,???)

You see that I  _______________________________________________  (do what people want, ???)

But you don’t know me

You would know  me if …

You knew how hard it was to ____________________________________ (hold in my anger,  ???)

You knew how I feel sometimes that ______________________________ (no one  cares, ???)

You knew how  _______________________________________________  (my dad walked on  me, ???)

You see that I  ________________________________________________ (swear,???)

You see that I  ________________________________________________ (smoke,???)

But you don’t know me

You would know me if …

You knew how I ______________________________________________ (express  myself through art, ???)

You knew how I  ______________________________________________ (like to cook,  ???)

You knew how I ______________________________________________ (take care of  my younger sisters, ???)

This poem was created on the PongoTeenWriting.org web site!