Cameron Bates

5th period

Pre Ap English 1

4-24-15

                                                                      What am I

You might think I’m just

a fourteen-year-old boy

with brown hair

and blue eyes

But I know that I am more

way more than that

not an airplane or kite

not a rollercoaster or fish

A ball

a non bouncy flat ball

when I’m down in shame

or failure

when i go home and yell in frustration

watching funny videos to calm myself down

I am a flat ball

no fun to use

disappointing those who want to play with me

adding sorrow and cries in children

But when I perk up my ball airs up again

people become excited

and I start bouncing

flying through the air showing everyone how enjoyable I am

I begin to be thrown around

constantly used

until I become tired

and my air leaks out

and thats where my fun ends

I take a breath and air up again

and again

and again

The brown-haired, blue-eyed boy

is a ball,

a flat, aired up, fun ball all in one game