Category: 2018-19 Submissions

2017-18 Submissions

Running

There is no better test of will then when you’re heart consumed in flames
When you’re body and mind go to war, until something gives out
You’re body screams and begs you to stop the pain
it tells you that it’s worn-out
it tells you all this suffering is in vain
You’re mind tells you that you can not bailout
it tells you that you should not complain
it tells you that there can be no time-outs
You want to believe you’re brain
You want to believe that you can finish this workout
But the one who decides that is you.

Gorzycki

7

My Brother

I will always LOVE my little brother
that’s how I feel
no matter how much he annoys me.

He will always LOVE me
he knows he will always be my brother
that’s how he feels.

LOVE is a great feeling
that everyone feels especially me
together forever, me and my brother.

Feelings are like air-everywhere
me and my little brother
like milk and cookies.

We go perfectly together!

Gorzycki Middle School

7

Song of the River

Like a graceful song, the river would wave
Happy that they found some new friends to talk
As they perched themselves up on this rock
They played a soft melody as the water started to cave

This caught me off guard as the water rose from it’s depths
It swiveled and turned to the tune of the song
I looked at them wondering if this is my wrong
They shook their head and continued to play with no ounce of regret

The song was pushed to a sudden stop as they slipped from their rock
The water crashing and splashing as it entered my lungs
A scream for help as they helped no one
My vision went blurry as all I saw was them, who shook their head and began to walk

Now I will forever regret this song of the river

Gorzycki Middle School

7

Chicken

I like chicken.
Chicken is a meat.
Poultry is what I’ll be pickin’,
Every time I eat.

I always get a Spicy Chicken Sandwich Deluxe.
Chick-fil-a is where I get it.
A meal deal costs six bucks.
I’ll ask for six bucks on Reddit.

As I put my chicken on my plate,
It tumbles from my hand unto the floor.
Lying on the cold, hard slate,
I wail as I shut the door.

Now that my precious chicken is gone,
The whole world never felt so wrong.

Gorzycki Middle School

7

Past the Stars

if i asked you to go past the stars
past the black void
past happiness and sorrow
past all the lies ever told
where only my pain lives
where you can move no more with the feeling
always at work
to weigh you
down

would you say yes to get in the boat
to sail through the night sky just to get daylight
would you say yes to surviving in a world
that doesn’t ever say yes
that doesn’t ever say no
that doesn’t ever say anything

would you say yes
even though you might not come back
the same
even though you will think the world is out to get
you

you wouldn’t say yes
you wouldn’t want to fall over screaming because
living is too much to bear
because you want your heart to stop beating
and your blood to go cold
and your soul to leave this unforgiving place i call home
you don’t want the feeling
to haunt your dreams forever

so you leave me with the boat
alone
again
all alone
you leave the blue abyss we were supposed to cross together
you leave me with the world unseen by eyes
and go home to the warm fire
and leave me out in the cold

Gorzycki Middle School

7

Broken but still working

the timeless of a crumbling clock
a broken metronome keeping the right beat
shattered door knobs that still lock
and icy snow that produces heat

an ephemeral epiphany stretched out for eternity
and a needle stitching my pieces together
pointless
an eloquent peacemaker staring wordlessly
the crowded isolation sitting in the corner
like lochness

the thoughts in my head are churning
i’m forgetting and relearning
building the walls of a heart
Broken But Still Working

Gorzycki Middle school

7

Flood

Water starts to rise
Food sails away, fresh water gets contaminated.
The waters starts to smell, causing flies
Caskets reanimated.
Electricity is turned off,
In fear of a shock.
Sickness crawls through the water, causing bad coughs,
everyone waiting for the rescuers to knock.

A boat humming,
everyone on their porch.
They see the rescuers coming
the end of the tunnel, the torch.
The pains of pains are over,
A very lucky
Four leaf clover.

Gorzycki

7

Cat Bus

I see the bus.
It roars to a stop.
“I need to find my sister Mei”, I say.
It turns its letters to spell Mei.
I sit on the bus with Totoro.
We don’t really talk until it gets to a stop.
We find Mei!
Hooray!
Cat Bus saves the day.
Cat Bus is the best!

Brentwood Elementary

1

Ink

As my quill flashes across the page
I think of sadness and loved ones
Long gone. But there is always hope,
Hope for a better day and a Better World.
So fear not for Love and Light
Shall Triumph and they shall
Raise up the World.

Zilker Elementary

5

Irish Lore

This is the story of Irish Lore
Tales of Badb, Goddess of War.
Stories alive and stories told
Thrived in days of old
Tales of God across the sky
Tales of Bridget, Queen so high.

These stories will survive in me
Aye, tales of Irish Mythology.
Tales of Sinann, Goddess of the River,
Tales of the Cailleach
That would make ye shiver.

Never forget Finn MacCool and
His mighty Fionna rule.
Macha is the Druid Queen.
Epona eating grass so green.
Do not forsake Rhiannon the brave.
Ye Irish Gods will never behave.

Zilker Elementary

5