Category: 07th

I start from a seed
As small as a bead
I form roots
They grow out in shoots
Then I come out of the ground
I don’t weigh a pound
I see green
Then orange, and red, and brown
Then white
Pure white light
I realize I am taller now
Wow
I watch the seasons as they go by
I watch the skies fly
And before I know it
I am a full grown oak tree.

Tree
Tremendous, marvelous
Thriving, Spreading, Rising
Nature’s tall beautiful skyscraper
Sequoia

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Gorzycki Middle school

7

Walking on a road of stories
a trail of tales
Looking into their gleaming eyes
Windows into lives
Glimpses into truths and lies.
They write them down
or draw them out
Then paste them on the walls of the world
For all to see them shown and told.
Mine are inside me
private and unseen
Unwrinkled, perfect secrets
None of those are mine
Never from my time.

MANHATTAN bright with

Tinsel shopper arms of christmas gifts

I stood outside McDonalds

Glass small patch of white, people BLACK and WHITE

Hamburgers Fries

MY stomach empty for 2 days now
WAtching

Burgers

Potatoes

Cold soda

My mom is the Sun,
she keeps us all in order with gravity.

My dad is Jupiter,
he is big, strong and tough.

My sister is Venus,
small, clouded and very vicious

I am the Astroid belt,
right in the middle of it all.

Sweets, chocolates, hugs, and kisses
Valentines is so delicious,
Filled with love and happiness,
In the air is love and affection,
Bringing people together forever,
What could be more enjoyable,
then having a happy family on the most lovable day of the year.

Petals circling, dancing
Grown from passion
Embodying devotion

Thorns; sharp as a needle
Perish from brutality
Break under embrace

We were all working as hard as we could
So we could get paid and go home
But one day a fire started
No one noticed until it was to late
This is how it all began

We all had to decide our fate
We had to either burn to death
Or jump to our death
I wasn’t ready to end my life this way
But if this was what god wanted for me
Then i had to accept it

As I headed off into my after life
I looked down at all the mourning families
Who had lost people they loved
And I sent them my faith and sympathy
That is the story of the tenth floor tragedy

In my mind i have a picture and in that picture i see, the world below me with the sun beginning to set as the afternoon begins to turn to evening. There are gorgeous white clouds covering the blue sky and middle school romance fills the air.

In my mind i have a picture and in that picture i see, houses as far as the eye can see, some with swimming pool, some with trampolines. You can see the highways full of cars stuck in traffic. Out of the corner of your eye you can see a school.

In my mind i have a picture and in that picture i see, the school that i now know is a middle school with cars and school buses parked in front, impatiently waiting for the school bell to ring.

In my mind i have a picture and in that picture i see, the beautiful bright green grass and through the windows of this middle school you can see impatient students watching the clock count down the seconds until the end of school.

In my mind i have a picture and in that picture i see, the boy who i’ve had a crush on for weeks, who i could now label my “boyfriend”. As i approach him, i look into his gorgeous green eyes and realize he is the one for me. Suddenly he asks for my hand, as i reach my hand out all the butterflies flying in my stomach stop and my heart melts directly in my chest. He tells me that he loves me and i say it back because i really do love him. Our eyes meet again and he leans in. As our lips meet, sparks fly and i feel like fireworks are going off all around me. That moment is now known in my mind as the best moment in my entire life.

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Bailey Middle School

07

We were all working as hard as we could
So we could get paid and go home
But one day a fire started
No one noticed until it was to late
This is how it all began

We all had to decide our fate
We had to either burn to death
Or jump to our death
I wasn’t ready to end my life this way
But if this was what god wanted for me
Then i had to accept it

As i headed off into my after life
I looked down at all the mourning families
Who had lost people they loved
And i sent them my faith and sympathy
That is the story of the tenth floor tragedy

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Bailey Middle School

07