Category: 2019-20 Submissions

Day and night they toil,
They protect their queen with their lives.
Working together as a team,
Perseverance and hard work are their arms.
For their feetʼs are dusted with spices,
From millions of flowers spread across the fields.

Seemingly tiny but possessing,
The ability of a superhero.
These industrious little insects,
Are more than just cute props.
They are absolutely essential,
To produce the great crops.

A force of nature at large,
“ Honey bees “ they are called.
They teach lessons of life to Humankind.
Leave a legacy, watch each others back,
Mind your own business,
Create something unique,
Work as a team, give it your all,
Is the message they carry on earth.

Never trust a mirror,
For a mirror can never tell you
the truth,
It makes you believe that all
you’re worth,
Can be seen from the
outside.
You can spend hours admiring it,
still it shows the outer you.
It never does show the real you,
the true you,
who’s still lying in your heart.

Never trust a mirror,
For it cannot see how your
face beams,
when you see things
that others fail to see.
Or when your eyes sparkle,
when you’re loving what
you’re doing.
For it doesn’t see how your
eyelids beat about in awe,
Or when you drift off into a deep,
peaceful sleep…

Never trust a mirror,
For a reflection can never
tell you,
Everything you are meant to
be,
and everything that you
are…

Never trust a mirror,
For it can only see skin
deep,
And it may not answer your
questions right,
For it doesn’t see the world
you hide really, really deep.

But, if you really think that a
mirror can show you what your
worth,
Then it’s time you left the
mirror,
and looked deep within.

What is a reflection?
Is it just a mirror image of
you,
or does it go deeper?
Does it just touch the
surface of your skin,
or
does it show who you really are?
It doesn’t matter…
Because the mirror will never tell…
You just have to look within…
to find what you question.

Sometimes beauty goes
deeper within,
Sometimes life goes running
down fast, like a roller
coaster,
Sometimes things get out of
Hand,
Sometimes…you just want to give up.
But, if everybody were to
quit when they get lost and
upset,
There would be no
happiness, hope, or peace
in this world.
These are the times people
tend to look within,
To find inner beauty, to find
peace,
To see things they’ve
never noticed before,
And out of their mistakes
they’ve made,
This is one thing they didn’t
do wrong.

Life may seem perfect on
the outside for some,
So beautifully perfect,
From top to bottom,
And bottom to top.
But, if you look inside them,
On the inside deep within,
Sadness is hidden well,
Tucked within,
Locked within,
Chains tying away the
negative thoughts that had
once crossed their mind,
A feeling of unhappiness…
that never goes away,
A feeling of helplessness…

Sometimes you have to just look
within,
Notice something you didn’t before,
know when something’s going wrong or right…
Because some need do help,
But, don’t know how to ask…