My daughter, who is 9, is a great lover of creative writing (plays, stories, poems etc).
However these are always very dark / morbid. What ever topic she starts with, given any opportunity she will turn it around to something violent - battles, wounds, hell etc. I thought it was just a phase to start with but it does not seem to be. She says she does it because it is more intersting and more powerful, but I am not sure whether to be concerned that there is something underlying, or whether it is common among gifted kids to see things in a different, deeper, darker way.
For example she has just written this poem - she was told to pick a colour a write a poem about it - she picked black..
Black
An arrow shooting through a rotting moon
Bitter morning by a gloomy grave
The stars fading away above a winding passage
Silence of a miserable heart broken in two
A lonely figure wailing in a dark dangerous maze
Ghosts of hatred howling in a murky dungeon
The sneaky thief slipping down a dingy alleyway
Thundering footsteps treading through a field of scattered bodies
Smashed windows, cars ablaze, an evil face in the darkness
Has anyone else found this with their child, or have any advice?
THanks
Gemma
