Tigger (Metaphor Poem)

Tigger

Everyone knows Tigger

as the one who's 

loud and outgoing

energetic and smiling

the one who makes everyone laugh

never fails to put a smile one someone's face

But not everyone knows the other side of Tigger

the side of him that has feelings

feelings of sadness and loneliness

the smile on his face covers up this side of him

no one ever expects this side of him to come out

and it barely ever does because he doesn't want to let anyone down

Everyone depends on Tigger
they depend on him to stay happy
stay optimistic
keep everyone's spirits up
although it can be hard
he makes sure he doesn't let anyone down

If he covers it up with a smile and a laugh

everything will be okay

Tigger is the one who makes everyone smile

even though he might be the very one

who needs someone to put a smile

on his face

I am Tigger

the one who can make anyone smile

don't try to figure out how I am feeling

because in the end you'll end up with the same answer

i'm okay and we'll smile and laugh

and life will be exactly how it's supposed to be

A Coney Island Life Essay (Draft)

   Today there are many people who hope for things that are out of their reach. They hope and wish and have expectations so high, they are disappointed when it is not what they wanted. One can hope for something but it is not guaranteed that it will happen. In the poem "A Coney Island Life" by James L. Weil, he said one shouldn't have hopes too high because in the end, they'll just be reaching for something they can't get.
   The author compares life to a Coney Island carnival. Life has good times and bad times like a "rollercoaster ups and downs".  When one is hoping for something great to happen to them, they are going up the rollercoaster. But once their hopes and dreams are crushed, they are going down the rollercoaster scared and afraid. The poem also compares one's high hopes to helium balloons. When one hopes too high for something that won't happen they will be crushed and left behind. "And seen my helium hopes break skyward without me."
   The author also talks about life and death. One might be living their last their last few days of their life but won't know when they'll leave earth. Every day when one wakes up, they don't know if they'll die today or tomorrow or the next.  Everyday is a day to keep on reaching for one's hopes that haven't been reached. The poem also talks about reaching for one's hopes. The author compares reaching for one's hopes to catching the "brass-ring-sun before the game is up". The "brass-ring-sun" is one's hopes that they are reaching for everyday. If the hopes are too high, it will be harder to reach them. If one wants to be able to reach one's hopes, don't have hopes too high.
   In conclusion, having hopes too high will only lead to disappointment. One shouldn't have hopes too high because in the end, they'll just be reaching for something they can't get. If one's hopes are in reach, they will be happy. But if one's hopes are too high and out of reach, they will be disappointed.