1. Introduction

So... I'm not too original. I'm copying you, Neffy. In a sense, at least.
I have a list of 100 themes. Meet theme 1, Introduction.

P.S. This is a great idea! What a fun, difficult way to train yourself. Hence why I stole it. Don't be too angry?

It’s simple to say hello
To one you newly meet.
But what do you truly gather
From such an easy word?

We cover ourselves in this
Eternally devolving rhetoric...
A single word substituting a hundred
New and fresh thoughts.
Why is it so impossible to share
Oneself with others?

Speak to me in terms I can
Comprehend—feel, touch, taste!
Talk of dappled-light,
Crisp grass... Anything but
The trite terms we frequent
In these days of apathy and
Social retardation.

Tell me things—sweet things,
Sad things, things better left
Buried beneath social norms.
Let me in on anything,
Anything at all!
Tell me your fears, tell me your joys!
For these, my friend,
Introduce a new you to me—
A real you, left covered by
The tradition of man.

—C.R.E.