Author: Scarlett A.

Modern Freedom

Wish,
Work,
Wait.
Freedom.
A goal that is reached,
Not given.

The finish line at the end of a race.
A race to believe,
To make people believe.
In me,
In us,
In all.

Imagine

Lying in bed
Thinking,
If you can be
Whoever you want,
Why?

Why do people look at you funny as you walk through the same halls.
Wearing the same clothes.
Everyone has the same goal:
Fit in.

A modern freedom.
You fit,
You are free.
Wait,
Wish,
Work.

Barton Hills

5

Ghosts

The power’s out
I’ve seen something
Should be running away

The lights come on
Now I see them
Now i’m running away

They’re
Coming
Rushing
Flying towards me
Really running away

They’re chasing me
They’re everywhere
Goodbye home

Barton Hills Elementary

5

Summer

On a bright summer
Day a bunny hopping
Here and there
Birds chirping loudly
Flowers blooming
On days like this
There are kids
Swimming playing
And messing around
All having fun
In the sun

The soft summer
Breeze blowing
My hair
The water
As blue as
The sky
The fish
Tickling my
Feet as
I slowly step
In the pond

Barton Hills Elementary

5

Snow

Can’t wait to go back
Great, freezing, laughter.
Not often enough

Digging tunnels, giggling
Collapsing snow, sledding
Funny snowmen

Soft, packed snow
White fast snow balls
Strong forts

Brrr chilly and perfect to me.

Cactus Ranch Elementary

4

Janis Hoplin

The soft fur brushes my skin
Like the grass in summertime
It’s dark eyes are shiny
Like opals
Its smooth fur is the color of the desert at night,
Of tree bark,
Of dirt,
Of stone.

Its paws scrape against my skin
Leaving small pink marks.
She is calm.
Quiet as a ladybug
Body shaking
As kids pet her with two fingers

Wishing she were home.

Barton Hills Elementary School

5

La Más Feliz de Todas//The Happiest of Them All

Es desafiada con altas expectativas y con mucho gusto, toma el desafío.

Pero a veces…
Es insuficiente.

Pero el sagitario nunca quiere abandonar su búsqueda del éxito.

“No es que no quiero, es que no puedo,” le dice el sagitario a sus padres.

En un mundo lleno de gran desafíos,
lleno de corrupción,
lleno de personas sin moral,
Hay desafíos que encuentra
La más feliz de todos los signos zodiacales.

La depresión le consume su querer de viajar,
de platicar,
de aprender,
de lograr las metas,
de enfrentar obstáculos.

El sagitario pone una cara enmascarada,
una cara feliz.
Pero con un alma deprimida.

Quiere lograr, quiere aprender, quiere viajar, quiere enfrentar los obstáculos.

Quiere ser feliz y sonreir.

No se quiere derrotar por las expectativas.

Pero a veces…
Es insuficiente.

//

She is challenged with high expectations and with great pleasure, she takes the challenge head on.

But sometimes…
She just falls short.

But the Sagittarius never wants to abandon her search for success.

¨It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t,” says the Sagittarius to her parents.

In a world full of challenges,
full of corruption,
full of people without morals,
There are challenges that find their way to
The happiest of all the zodiacs.

Depression consumes her desire to travel,
to socialize,
to learn,
to achieve her goals,
to confront obstacles.

The Sagittarius puts on a mask,
a happy face.
But has a depressed soul.

She wants to succeed, she wants to learn, she wants to travel, she wants to confront obstacles.

She wants to be happy and smile.

She doesn’t want to fall short of everyone’s expectations.

But sometimes…
She just falls short.

James Bowie High School

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