your vision, your voice
I have many friends
Athletic friends,
Smart friends,
Creative friends,
All types of friends
I meet all of them every day………
Virtually
Sometimes, I wish I could meet my friends in person
Share feelings, not emojis
Share experiences, not pictures
Play board games, not online gaming
I feel alone in the midst of technology
Lonely
I have many friends
I meet all of them every day
Virtually
Walsh Middle School
6
Life is like a river.
Sometimes it runs through so smooth,
And then hits you hard like you’d never think it would.
Life is like friendship.
Sometimes you’re at your highest having the best time.
Then,
It leaves you in a disgusted betrayal.
Life is like a path that’s yet to be discovered.
Though we think we know how to defeat it,
There’s no victory in life.
You can make life however you would like,
But.
Because we are so interested in how life works
And how to figure it out
And how to become the best
And live the ideal life
We don’t realize that without a life there’s
No passion
No emotions
No world
No us.
Therefore instead of comparing,
the life we have to other things….
We accept it.
Walsh Middle School
6
Everyone has a loving family.
A family that is caring,
Nice,
And kind.
Your family can help,
Through good and bad,
Happy and sad,
And sunny days and rainy days.
You should be happy with your family,
Even if they’re not the best family,
But you should always help them,
For they always help you.
Even though there might be rough patches.
Your family will always help you,
Love you,
So you should love your family.
Walsh Middle School
6
Happiness is a disease, it spreads from person to
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Happiness spreads like a wildfire, it will burn out sadness.
Happiness can be poisoned, by hatred,
Hatred r t your mind, and sickens your soul.
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Happiness is as warm as a fire, and as fierce as a lion.
Happiness is hard to f d.
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Happiness is a like a bird, it soars throughout this world. WHOOSH!
Being happy is a treasure in this world, it is like a diamond.
Happiness is a gift, that is waiting to be opened.
Happiness is a disease, that attacks your heart, and fills it with joy.
Gorzycki Middle School
7
A hug
warm and fitted
cozy as a winter coat
A look
warm or mean
as a frigid icicle
A smile
warm or forced
kind or disgusted
welcoming or rude
And you think to yourself
better this than none
better than no sun
Trying even when you’re lying
To find your meaning
To become who you wish to be
To always take a stand even when standing alone
To be yourself
To love, To live, To laugh
To hug, To look, To smile
To BE.
Gorzycki Middle School
7
Fly, fly, fly away
Leaves let go
From their silent branches
Shivering in despair
Trees prepare for snow
The whipping wind carries a sign
It is autumn now
But winter is soon to come
Trees bright performance ends
And they take a bow
Baldwin Elementary
5
Trees shed their bronze leaves
As snow f
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l
s
Silently sailing through the shadowy night
Colors spilling into the world
The brightness fights its final fight
As the snow is impearled
Soft and frosty under my feet
Covering the ground in a cozy blanket
In my tongue wonderful and sweet
Shining as bright as a golden trinket
Finally when the snow stops
When everything turns peaceful
And the snow ends with a final plop
An ending so graceful
The night is like a raven’s feathers,
The stars are a golden scrape of SHINE,
The sun is a song sung to all,
when the days run wild,
and the night has gone to sleep,
I remind myself everyday,
that when I’m gone,
I’ll never get to see,
the days run
L
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G
and when I’m gone,
I will get to see the beauty of the land,
vanish from the sand,
and feel the color from my eyes run dry,
as everything I love will disappear,
and all that’s left for me is fear.
Gorzycki Middle School
7
I hear the hoofbeats,
upon the flying dust.
I see the jump as it
comes closer into view.
I feel the jump under me,
as my horse and I sail over it.
With the wind pulling my hair
with it as it flies past.
The bright blue sky
has clouds swimming through it.
As colors paint the sky,
it’s a beautiful afternoon to be riding.
I can see the plants as they try
to fly but their roots stay grounded.
The trees stay still like thick metal poles.
Gorzycki Middle School
7
SPACE is like nature,
they don’t need a lawmaker,
they both make their own rules,
and who tries to destroy them are fools,
like all things they have cycle,
it can move faster than a motorcycle,
a g
then b n g,
and the universe goes as cold as a clam,
a star has exploded,
and it’s just waiting to be remolded,
then everything is gone,
it’s cut of like grass on a lawn,
life is short so be a good sport.
Gorzycki Middle School
7