Hanging Fire by Audre Lorde

I like this poem because I can see a bit of myself in it. Even though it is written about a young boy I am able to see myself asking the same questions that he raises. He wonders about "silly" sometimes little things that should not be worrying him and often I find myself doing the same thing. I often think about why I did not get something if I got a good grade even if someone did get the same grade as me. What I really like about his poem is that the poet puts to paper these thoughts that often are only found in our minds, we would not worry other people about these things but they are thinks that we find in our minds. Because of this I would say that this poem is reflecting the personal world of the poet, they could be writing about themselves or another person but a voice is definetly found in the poem. It is someone that is insecure and thinks a lot about his life. You can tell he is a caring person because he cares about others and maybe a little too much of what others think. But, I think that this is very common to readers and they can relate well to it.