A Wonderful Journey

In English, my class had to write sonnets and a friend of mine's really caught my attention. It's very creative and witty. I hope you enjoy it!

I shall try to explain what I mean to this world

As I attempt this, you must collect all clues

I give happiness to all boys and girls

I spread joy and give everyone the blues

I take you to all magical places

I give you the mighty gift of laughter

Meeting people with many new faces

Informing you what happens thereafter

But that is not the only thing I do

As I can take many dark twists and turns

Filling you with misery and dead hopes too

Engulfing you in pain, for freedom one yearns

The tale ends no, as I do what I please

What am I? You may ask, a book, you see.

A Flourish of Hate

My brother and I sat down and wrote a poem together. This is what we ended up with. Any thoughts?
What do you think we are referring to?

As I stepped out of the ruins,

I saw one of their kin;

A monster,

A murderer,

Who had, and will continue to, take many

Innocent lives.

He raised his arm, whose hand

Held a rifle,

But with a push and shove

I threw it aside

As my rage took over

And I went to the Beyond.

Rage aside,

I had only one task

Ahead of me.

As one last

Flourish of hate

Swept through me,

I picked up a rifle from a dead soldier

And shot him

Straight through his cold-blooded

Heart.

My task,

Now completed.