Reflective Task 2: Letter to Myself.

When doing a letter to myself I found it quite hard as I knew what I wanted to achieve and how to go about it; I always had a plan. However, writing letters weren’t really my forte. I remember doing something similar is secondary school around year 9 and I had to read it out in year 11. It was simply blank. Not because I couldn’t be bothered but for the simple fact is that I know myself my mind is always changing and evolving itself into the next thing. Long paragraphs never stayed with me. They meant nothing to me.

As a child I started a book of poetry. In a fit of rage, I threw it away and allowed my father to burn it along with the other things I thought weren’t cool. Simply censoring myself. Till this day I regret that. However, one poem stayed with me. The Broken Vase. I don’t remember what it said, but I always remember how it made me feel. Which is why I chose to write my letter in a form of poetry. A haiku no less. In homage to my favourite poet Ms Maya Angelou. Simply because of its short and fast paced form I would remember it. Inspired by a quote that would stay with me forever, ‘My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour and some style.’ I wanted to have a quote that would stay with me forever. Originally I wanted to do put Angelou’s quote, short and simply my work would be done. However, the same way Angelou inspires me I want to inspire someone else. So that I could perhaps one day simply inspire a generation with 17 simple syllables.