words of my own creation

i wrote this for my ap english class when we were studying some of walt whitman. we were told to create a poem based off whitman's poem "song of myself". let's see if you can get any of my referrences.

1

i celebrate myself, and sing myself
words such as these are not mine
but are borrowed from someone else
they are simply words
words, words, words as the prince said

but  those are more borrowed words
that flow from the pen of the other writers

so what words are original?
what words are my own?
what words are yours?

2

where do these words originate?
the do not just come from the pen
there must be someone to think them

we do it all the time
talking every single day as long as we aren't mute
but words aren't always remembered
so they must be unique in order to linger

poets, novelists, artist,
they're the ones who hold the secret
creative and imaginative they creat them
words that spark someone's interest
keeping the fire alive within their head

3

i'm a writer, an artist at hand
piecing together my world within my head
then creating them on the page

through mediums of graphite, ink, paint, pastel,
       chalk, crayon
creating both pictures and sentences
each telling a story through many words
words of my own creation