The Struggle for Balance

For the past four days I have been working relentlessly on the script for my poetry slam.
I've twisted my concept to fit so many different angles, trying to capture this idea that I have. I thought I had one today, but that was before talking to Dr. Ballenger.

What is most ironic in this situation is the fact that the poetry slam leaves the narrator vulnerable, something that I am wholly against. I hate being vulnerable, being open to rejection or judgement. In an effort to skirt around this I tried to use sarcasm and bitterness to skirt around my true feelings for the subject. After having Dr. Ballenger read my draft, I realized that there wasn't a way for me to skirt around the vulnerability aspect of this assignment.

I have tried to find a good balance between research and personal feelings/experience and have tried extremely hard to write my poem in such a way as to not offend anyone. If anything, I would like you all to know that I am very conscious of what a touchy subject and I have done my best to not be offending.

Since class time today I have re-written my script, again. I feel that this version not only contains the research I want to present, but does a better job at illustrating my emotions towards the issue. There is some symbolism in my poem that I hope people will understand.

And despite the fact that I think I will have to end up revising it again, I am hopeful that this version will portray exactly what I want.

I guess I'll just have to wait and see what you guys think.