Month: December 2019

Saddness

Sadness a storm that swallows you whole
You’ll never be free
In the darkest deepest hole
You feel you cannot climb out
That makes buckets run down your face
And the water makes a lake

The water carries you up
You see the light of the sun
And the shape of a person
The water cares you up, up, up
You reach the top
Where your best friend is waiting

The Stone

I am Sisyphus,
Rolling a stone up a hill.
Except, my stone is different.
My stone is 7th grade.

I continue to roll my stone up every day,
and when I finish,
Night has fallen and The Stone falls back down again.

The Stone gets heavier and heavier,
Harder to push each day,
A boulder.

But there is someone
pushing the same boulder,
Pushing right beside me.
This is what helps me push The Stone.

This person,
Always there,
Even when it gets hard to see.
This person,
Always with me,
And helping me push The Stone.

Each and every day I push this stone of life,
Of challenges,
Of friendship,
Of work,
Of wondering how I could possibly continue.

But I am Sisyphus,
and there is someone right beside me,
Helping me push the Stone,
The Stone of 7th grade.

So I will continue to push.
And I will make it through.

pizza

Munch, Munch, Munch!
Crunch, Crunch, Crunch!
The food we eat a bunch

When you go out for brunch
You’ll have it more than once

Pizza
The food that will give you a punch
You will eat so much you’ll have to hunch
Hunch over like you’re a old lady
Because you ate to much

You’re not hungry
But you eat it for late lunch
I love eating pizza
And I eat it a bunch

Slam

As I steal the ball from the point guard I know I am going to score
The crowd roars like lions
I go up hard but them
Slam
Boom
Crash
I am lying on the slippery floor
I make the choice that I need to get up
Free throw 1, FreeThrow 2
As the other team takes the ball back
Stolen again by me
I race to the basket but then
BOOM
Again I am Shoved down
This time I fly
Very very high
Then
C
R
A
S
H
This time I feel my wrist
It feels numb and its shivering
But I get up again

The ball stolen by me again
I go up for the layup
Then
boom
I get hit harder then ever and then
C
R
A
S
H

Lebron James the Point Guard

Lebron James just had her first kid
Her first name was Lebrina
She was being trained to be a hospital nurse
Because at the time it was World War III
Lebron James became a stay at home mom
She played basketball
Only when had nothing to do
Lebrina grows up
She became a Nurse
She was a nurse in World War III
World War III was started by Donald Trump
It was a Basketball game
Lebron was the starting point guard

Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day

Half way down Cherry St.,
Past the rundown town cellar,
Is Woodburch Clock Shop;
Run by a lady and a feller.
And late in the night,
When the man has ceased to fiddle,
He treads off to bed

And the shop moves a little.

And the coo-coo bird tweets,
And the grandfather clock scowls,
And the alarm clock rings,
And the little clocks just howl.

And throughout all this ruckus,
The broken clocks snore.
For they never wake up,
They’re too much of a bore.

But the only thing
The man and lady could hear
Was the angel-like giggle
of their daughter Suzy Dear.

And so the woman rushed to her side,
And the man asked “What’s the matter?”
But the girl only gestured to the clocks.
“Don’t they make such a clatter?”

And though the man was confused,
The woman just smiled.
Then she turned to her husband:

“Oh, to again be a child.”

Bring Along the Light

In the darkest night
Bring along the light
Hold it up and shine it bright
Don’t let darkness’ grip grow to tight
And always always do what’s right
Try for this with all your might
And soon you will take flight
Far higher than any kite
Then endless shall be your sight
To avoid evil’s spite
For you shall be justice’s knight
Drive away wrong’s blight
Show the world only delight
Spare the world from its plight
Never let it fall into fistfight
Bring the world warmth like firelight
Never let evil’s jaws close and bite
Let the light turn black to white
Work together to reach a new height
Make others’ burdens always light
Make a difference huge or slight
Speak for justice you have that right
Even if you don’t know how to write

To turn to darkness is to alight

One Breath

One Breath
Sadness is gasping for air, but finding none.
One second you’re breathing, the next…

So many questions
“Why?”
“What did she do to deserve this?”

So little time

The tall men in long white robes have left you to gather your thoughts,
But there’s too many.

“We’re here if you need anything”’
It echoes in your head.

A tear runs down your cheek.
You wish she was still here
the real her: laughing, playing, singing…not this.
You wish you could breathe again.

The world is over,
everything is crumbling before you.
Nothing will ever be the same.

You feel a pat on your back.
“It’s going to be ok”
O K
Such an empty word.

Another tear.

Your mouth opens, but no words,
You must focus.
I N H A L E
E X H A L E
repeat.

Plastic

Look around what do you see?
I see plastic destroying our seas.
Rivers and lakes are where plastic’s found;
I’ve also seen it on the ground.

Plastic kills animals as quick as can be;
Turtles and birds cannot get free.
How do we stop the awful big mess?
Let’s begin; put plastic to rest.

If you use some plastic today,
Make an effort; don’t throw it away
Using plastic’s a deadly curse,
So stop using plastic and save our Earth!