We are pleased to debut a new Guest Writer on the website, Mai Ahmed Elsayed shares with us a poem narrating the story of Frankenstein based on the original novel written by Mary Shelley. Enjoy

Thank you doctor, I felt no pain,

How could you awaken my brain?

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He turns his back and walks away,

Doesn’t he realize I was born today?

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He left me all alone and went down town,

He gave me life to put me down!

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 I’ll go headfirst there might be good,

I realize I’m not wanted in this neighborhood.

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It’s not the district; it’s how I rave,

Every part of me taken from a grave!

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I still insist to embrace what I do,

It felt valuable cause it was all new.

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It’s English I’ve learned through peeking,

Now a mother tongue I’m always speaking.

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I find who bailed on me at last,

I request a mate for me to cast.

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You made me Adam and I ask for my Eve,

I’m lonely and all I feel is grief.

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Hello, respond to my call!!

Ain’t I here at all?!?

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Excuse my tone, I am in despair.

Please don’t treat me like I’m not there.

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Accusing me of murder?!

You know I wouldn’t dare!

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Why do you insist I would kill?

It was only a drowning girl I was holding still.

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So now that I’m shot,

Doesn’t matter if I’m good or not!

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Please understand my agitation,

Don’t just refute my argumentation.

Fine! I admit it,

It’s a simple crime I committed.

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Just create me a companion with whom I can flee,

Make me a lady with whom I can be.

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I shall be gone to a place you won’t find,

I promise I will throw the past behind.

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Why do you harden yourself to my complaints?

You’re burning the ashes to all that remains.

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Then, I no more want to live.

No one would want such lives you give.

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So farewell Victor Frankenstein,

Let my spirit sleep in benign.

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Author: Mai Ahmed Elsayed