Author: Theo C

Soaring through the sky
like an eagle, I fly
into the hoop
and out the other side
orange and black
I’m like a tiger’s back
while I glare
everybody should
play fair

I stand on my sunny porch
Watering my plants that are begging for water.

I think back on my life
Wondering if I’ve truly lived a full 70 years.
I haven’t gone skydiving,
I haven’t swam with dolphins,
I haven’t met myself.

I walk inside, a cane in hand
Wishing I had more time left.
To travel the world,
To try new things,
To see my grandkids graduate.

I sit in a chair by the window
Watching the kids play in the street.
Riding their bikes,
Playing tag,
Constantly screaming and laughing.

I smile brightly like they do
Wanting to feel that way again.

I lay in my gloomy room
Water dancing in my tear ducts.

I think about my life
Wondering what I should’ve done differently.
I should’ve cared more,
I should’ve been there for them,
I should’ve been there for myself.

I let a tear run down my face
Wishing my life would just end already.
I don’t need to travel the world,
I don’t need to try new things,
I don’t need my family to see me suffer.

I look through my camera roll
Watching my childhood home videos.
My younger self giggling,
My younger self loving,
My younger self before everything happened.

I smile like my younger self does
Wanting to feel that way again.

You bark, you play
you sit by the hay
you leave our ear drums ringing
while you keep on singing
You’ll eat and sleep and play once more
before we go on you must not know
that you aren’t a human though.

It’s dinner time I run downstairs,
I saw some yummy-looking pears
The sound they make inside your mouth
It makes me feel like I’m down south.
I finished dinner and started homework;
My dad looked at me and smirked
He said, “it’s time for bed sweetie.”
I said, “Oh your so cheeky.”
I grab my ice cream and plop on the couch,
Watching youtube put me down
I was so tired I barely awoke.
Walked into the bedroom and brushed my teeth
I grabbed the lotion from under beneath
Ran up the stairs and to my room,
Jumped into bed and kaboom
I layed in bed and drifted off;
Luckily I didn’t know that I had to cough.

After a busy night, he feels tight;
Because it’s best in his bed,
He can’t stop until twilight.
Hugging his Heddy Ted,
He is becoming lighter.
He just, maybe, might
doze off into oblivion;
In the weird world of
subconsciousness.
His mind tears in
the dreams.
Away from
the mess
of today.
Without
a care
in the
earth.

Near the T.V,
under the hearth,
with the warm fire,
Wilma sleeps,
she curls her tail
around carefully,
as if,
it protects her,
while she rests.

She finds her spot
licks her paws
stares at the walls
meows and yawns
lies down
finds her peace
goes to sleep

I was feeling full
With a bad stomach ache.
Of course my dad
It made me eat more dessert
Usually, he hates it
When I have dessert.
My stomach went into an even and deeper
Pain than it already was.

I went to the bathroom and
I was in so much pain, I even
Tried to throw up.
Nothing was seeming
To even come close to working.
After, we got up
I threw up instantly
Dark chocolate.

My stomach instantly felt
Relief but I saw super
slick slimy layers of chocolate
Shaded from light to
Dark brown.

It smelled like a dry
Desert but it looked
Like a volcano of chocolate.
Embarrassment showed as I
I hoped everyone wasn’t watching I realized my
Mom’s best friend was there.
She was my favorite at the time.
I hope I don’t cry.
I thought to myself.
Luckily I didn’t but I ended
Up exiting with a bad taste
In my mouth.

You shut down,
my ideas,
me
overthink everything
doubt all
but no
this time you won’t shut me up
I’ll fight and fight
then I notice my place
down in your vase
Helplessly lost
I
am
quiet
Cause you can’t talk
when no one cares
when no one is there to listen.
Cause when you drown in sorrow…
there is no tomorrow.

When you lie helplessly
Your
d
r
o
w
n
I
n
g
Deeper and deeper
Corruption
For it corrupts you
till all is l o s t
Fight it
take out the pain
and fight back
then go back to reality
and learn
you
can’t
win.