your vision, your voice
Warm wind whistles and whirles
Ocean waves twinkle and twirl
Oh how calm and pretty,
I never want to leave this city
Hot sand burning my feet
And the coconuts, oh so sweet
For this is the picture that rests on my head
As I lay silently, in my bed
Wishing I could be there
In a striped beach chair
But I’m here in he freezing cold
“Don’t forget your jacket!” My mom scolds
I grab some hot cocoa, and make the best
I mean, at least I don’t have a school test!
Gorzycki Middle School
7
My baby,
Sweet, loyal, adventurous,
You’ll always be my leading lady.
And, will be for the next century.
You know you are the best,
Even when you are sad,
To have you, I am blessed.
Though you may sometimes be bad,
I love you.
From your sharp claws that sometimes scratch me,
That don’t need any shoes,
To your wet, little nose, which wants more turkey
Don’t you ever say goodbye,
Because I will love you till the day i die.
Gorzycki
7
The walls are dull, like w o r n o u t knives.
Some lights are br
ok en.
You’re coopedup in a small room
For what seems like h o u r s at a time.
You’re bored to
d.e.a.t.h…
But when you think about lunch you
BURST out of your cell
Faster than lightning.
The warm, golden food looks SO good…
Until you realize,
It’s not supposed to be warm,
And it’s not so golden after all.
You don’t like it, but you ask for more.
But soon you find yourself right
back
Where you started, where
The walls are dull, like w o r n o u t knives.
Some lights are br
ok en.
And you’re thinking about lunch.
Gorzycki Middle School
7
There is no better test of will then when you’re heart consumed in flames
When you’re body and mind go to war, until something gives out
You’re body screams and begs you to stop the pain
it tells you that it’s worn-out
it tells you all this suffering is in vain
You’re mind tells you that you can not bailout
it tells you that you should not complain
it tells you that there can be no time-outs
You want to believe you’re brain
You want to believe that you can finish this workout
But the one who decides that is you.
Gorzycki
7
I will always LOVE my little brother
that’s how I feel
no matter how much he annoys me.
He will always LOVE me
he knows he will always be my brother
that’s how he feels.
LOVE is a great feeling
that everyone feels especially me
together forever, me and my brother.
Feelings are like air-everywhere
me and my little brother
like milk and cookies.
We go perfectly together!
Gorzycki Middle School
7
Like a graceful song, the river would wave
Happy that they found some new friends to talk
As they perched themselves up on this rock
They played a soft melody as the water started to cave
This caught me off guard as the water rose from it’s depths
It swiveled and turned to the tune of the song
I looked at them wondering if this is my wrong
They shook their head and continued to play with no ounce of regret
The song was pushed to a sudden stop as they slipped from their rock
The water crashing and splashing as it entered my lungs
A scream for help as they helped no one
My vision went blurry as all I saw was them, who shook their head and began to walk
Now I will forever regret this song of the river
Gorzycki Middle School
7
I like chicken.
Chicken is a meat.
Poultry is what I’ll be pickin’,
Every time I eat.
I always get a Spicy Chicken Sandwich Deluxe.
Chick-fil-a is where I get it.
A meal deal costs six bucks.
I’ll ask for six bucks on Reddit.
As I put my chicken on my plate,
It tumbles from my hand unto the floor.
Lying on the cold, hard slate,
I wail as I shut the door.
Now that my precious chicken is gone,
The whole world never felt so wrong.
Gorzycki Middle School
7
if i asked you to go past the stars
past the black void
past happiness and sorrow
past all the lies ever told
where only my pain lives
where you can move no more with the feeling
always at work
to weigh you
down
would you say yes to get in the boat
to sail through the night sky just to get daylight
would you say yes to surviving in a world
that doesn’t ever say yes
that doesn’t ever say no
that doesn’t ever say anything
would you say yes
even though you might not come back
the same
even though you will think the world is out to get
you
you wouldn’t say yes
you wouldn’t want to fall over screaming because
living is too much to bear
because you want your heart to stop beating
and your blood to go cold
and your soul to leave this unforgiving place i call home
you don’t want the feeling
to haunt your dreams forever
so you leave me with the boat
alone
again
all alone
you leave the blue abyss we were supposed to cross together
you leave me with the world unseen by eyes
and go home to the warm fire
and leave me out in the cold
Gorzycki Middle School
7
the timeless of a crumbling clock
a broken metronome keeping the right beat
shattered door knobs that still lock
and icy snow that produces heat
an ephemeral epiphany stretched out for eternity
and a needle stitching my pieces together
pointless
an eloquent peacemaker staring wordlessly
the crowded isolation sitting in the corner
like lochness
the thoughts in my head are churning
i’m forgetting and relearning
building the walls of a heart
Broken But Still Working
Gorzycki Middle school
7
Water starts to rise
Food sails away, fresh water gets contaminated.
The waters starts to smell, causing flies
Caskets reanimated.
Electricity is turned off,
In fear of a shock.
Sickness crawls through the water, causing bad coughs,
everyone waiting for the rescuers to knock.
A boat humming,
everyone on their porch.
They see the rescuers coming
the end of the tunnel, the torch.
The pains of pains are over,
A very lucky
Four leaf clover.
Gorzycki
7