By Regina Kanturek
One of my biggest interests is poetry. It allows me to be creative and express my feelings and thoughts through words. My dad was a famous illustrator and he taught how to express myself through creativity. There are many ways to write poetry, but mine was through rhymes. Rhyming was like a puzzle, so it allowed my creativity to build through word games. Being a disabled woman was not easy, and poetry allowed me to express my feelings and helped me overcome isolation. Writing poetry was a great form of therapy, one that I harnessed by myself.
I would like to share one with you..
“Her Only Friend”
There once was a lonely little girl
She made up a friend when she was one
When she and her friend were together
They always had fun
They played in a tree house
Which could be a castle in the sky
Or it could be a hot air balloon way up high
Her friend loved her even though she did not have a family
She could tell her friend anything
She could let her feelings go free
Her friend could make her laugh when she was sad
She was the only friend she had
When everything she loved had gone away
Her imaginary friend would always stay