The cliché

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I am terrified of becoming a cliché and what you wrote in 2 stanzas is super effective for getting the point across that some parts of being human are universal and rehashed through the generations. The question in the first is met with acceptance in the second. I like how the verses flowed like a natural conversation as well.

Couldn't be anymore true. A lot of times it can feel like we become what we've known the world to be; overused clichés and repeating stories. So many experiences sound similar until you experience them yourself. The reality then sets in and we realize its something that needed to be experienced in order to become more whole as a human being.

Really relatable. I love the comment of the grand-narratives of human life, free choice, and individualism. I think the use of two stanzas, and lack of narrative contributes to the meaning, for this poem does not utilise the narrative it comments on, a great choice! This use of stanzas also lead to a solid flow, and easy reading.