Poems

I walk to my home.
Sit on my couch
And play in the superdome
while I am slouched

I throw the ball 50 yards
For my receiver to catch
As my guards
Protect me while I get some food from a batch.

I run the ball
My men leave gaps
The ref makes a call.
T
O

Three hours away, the bus arrives at the meet.
I try to think of anything but the race.

Two hours away, runners that have finished, all of them elite,
Walk around with triumph on their face.

One hour away, it’s time for me to prepare.
Off go the long pants and slippers covered in morning dews,
A ...

Hearts are like carts,
They bump and thump,
They aren’t round,
But they make sound,
They help you live,
So you can give.

Toys toys
Everywhere
A toy you want in
Every window
you ask for the price
You say perfect but
You
remember
You
Have
No
Money!

When you are little
Just born anew,
You try to lift your wings.

But when in doubt of a misstep,
You cry,

But start again.

You stay under
Your mother’s safe wing,
Until your learn
To stay afloat.

When you finally
Lift your wings
And fly

You are off on your greatest
Adventure!

Soon in your flight,
You bump a storm

Where am I?
What is this place?
Am I dreaming?

I woke up and I was in another land far different from mine.
There was snow, white as clouds and d-dwarfs?
Dwarfs as small as mice.
I was different as well, I had black hair like the night and I had
the lightest skin, lighter than ...

We are thrilled to announce that this year’s Vision+Voice Poetry Contest has had more submissions than any other year in our ...

I am a dog🐕🐩🐶🐆🐘🐾
I am a dog and I am free
I am a dog out in a tree.
But I want some tea.
Also I need to pee.
I need to flea..
I am a dog and I can see.
I am a dog and I can hear me singing.
Out in the ...

Fear holds you captive in place.
It’s like a dark, cold wave that washes over you.
You are frozen in its space.
Then all of your troubles hail down anew.

You can hear it coming from a mile away.
It makes you want to hide.
You’ll do anything to keep it at bay.
But it’s high ...

I am from hollows,
From madness and grief.
I am from the soul sanctuary under a tree.
(white, shining, so ancient looking.)
I am from my friends
whose I would die for,
in any time at any place.
I’m from promises,
from deep inside.
I ‘m from the do it all your selfs
and the ...

I step through the doorway, leaving the world behind.
My feet the path, and I continue where I left off
I continue the journey, savoring each step,
I am filled with pure joy that is only lesser than my love of the rain Sometimes I will find new things as I walk, places that finally ...

They say we’re freaks.
They say we should be kicked out.
They say that our skin,
Is too dark.

Papa said,
“Ignore them.”
But I didn’t listen.
For I was just a child.

The children at my school would chant,
“Nigro,
Nigro,
Nigro!”.

People like me?
What does that mean?
What’s wrong,
with people like me?

I thought that ...

The Beach

When you go to the beach you always get greeted by the Waves.
You will always get cushioned by the Sand,
But one thing you will sometimes see is the Sun.

The clouds cover the Sun until you can’t see the Sun.
The rocks get beaten by the Waves so the sun can shine for ...

A pear shaped body
Long, white, whiskers
Fur everywhere
Round, black, eyes.

A twitching! Nose
Long nails
Clean, powerfull, teeth
Soft, padded, feet.

A nibbling mouth
A silky, soft, smooth tummy
Rose petal ears.
Soft, delicate, fingers and toes.

“Wheek Wheek Wheek!”
It seems as if they are saying:
“Food! Food! Food!”
Always hungry.

A Guinea Pig.

Clouds

I’m looking up in the sky.
The clouds
move,shifting filled with nothing but air.
I sigh thinking about how people are like clouds.
We can be shifting and having a great time.
But can really be filled with nothing but sadness.
When I look up in the sky I see the different types of clouds.

They ...

Goodbye

I lay down listening
To the soft brutal sound of fighting
I take in the sickening
thought of them S P L I T T I N G

I bite my lips trying to remember
What it was like when they were happy
way back in September
But it’s all just to sappy

How did this happen

Blue sea on the large white cloud on the large grassland
Dry twisted tress
Colors are light
And looks like it might fall

Even so, the green grass and light brown ground looks fine
On fine grassland
She falls from sky

She uses dry twisted tress for firewood
To warm her cold body
She picks up the ...

For once my rope is untied.

Splash! This water filled with freedom
Runs over my sleek black coat,
Trickling into the master of my beautiful boat.

Set sail on these dark rocky waters.
Make way for my reckless hull.
Let my mast bow to this midnight forest,
And sink for this twilight dust.

Moonlit leafy clouds run, away

The water rushes off the cliff witch makes a beautiful waterfall
The water is crystal clear with a pretty hint of blue

At the bottom there lay a long white oval that looks like a crystal ball
As the water hits the bottom it seems to say “boo!”

I jump into the water as my brother screens ...

here comes amazon

here comes amazon
here comes amazon
right down my drive way

jeffery bezos
and all his drivers
speeding down the lanes

doors bells ringing
dogs are barking
that alexa is alright

so say your prayers
that you get your wares
before the porch pirates come tonight

i remember the first time we met
i knew i never had a chance with you
i remember looking into your eyes
they were blue like the atlantic ocean

i remember waking up each day thinking i got to see you
i knew there was something special about you
i remember when we first started ...

The Hospital

I stayed laying down watching the time tik by
A one night thing turned into a 120 hour stay

Feeling like me and my body weren’t on the same page
Laying in the hospital wishing someone could save me from silence

Saying goodbye to friends that visited hurt more than a needle in my arm
Knowing ...

Why am I so surprised?
Acting like it was blocks away
Surprises have happened this year

But…

What am I missing?

That you went to someone so quickly?

You didn’t tell me
Or give me subtle clues

I just wish I knew…
When we’d walk through hallways
Brought out like an endless lovely void

When we’d smile to each other
Made ...

Bob Ross walks in,
And the fun is about to begin,
His afro bigger than ever,
He pulls a lever,
Showing off his kit,
I think people are even staring at it,

He pulls out a dresser,
And people are being a pester,
He is as tall as a giant
And he has a client

He pulls ...

Equality
This word is like a
LION
LASHING
Out at you to some people
but to others it is just common sense
Sometimes you might think wow that girl is weird,
she has bright blue hair !
But why do you think these things?
Is there really a reason?
NO, no there is not .

Me and my friend called an uber.
He came in seconds.
He was driving a white sedan with a broken left blinker
There were scratches all over his car
Showing the grey metal hidden underneath the paint.

“Are you John?’’ we asked
He didn’t respond.
He had dark tinted windows covering his face.

His car had a ...

As I steal the ball from the point guard I know I am going to score
The crowd roars like lions
I go up hard but them
Slam
Boom
Crash
I am lying on the slippery floor
I make the choice that I need to get up
Freethrow 1, FreeThrow 2
As the other team ...

Thor’s Baseball Game

If Thor played baseball,
He would win every time,
He would hit a home run
Over and over again.

The ball would go so fast
It would go over the fence
And around the world,
And over again.

Thor could hit the ball
Like it was nothing,
But this was totally,
Something

All the kids would ...

I don’t focus
It’s like I don’t know how
My teacher talks
I don’t know what she says
She’s like a cat ,she can’t talk
All I hear is
Blah balh blah
at least I don’t understand her
I’m in another world
In my mind
My head
I start to close my eyes
And drift ...

bees have stings
that make you flee
away from the sea
if you hear the rings
the bees are here

pink things
make you think
about the pink
painful stings
of bees

its weird how a foe
can make you scared
of being paired
with a bee that’s faux
but there’s still stings

wondering if i should
get ...

Harry zoomed
Into the room
Riding a broom

He approached the wheel
He thought to himself “wow this is the real deal.”

The wheel spun
He thought “Wow this is really fun!”

The arrow pointed at $200
“Wow, I sure saved a few hundred!”

He guessed the letter u
But turns out the phrase was zoo

The next guy spun ...

I couldn’t run away,
All i did was cry away
I was afraid of my mom
And afraid of my dad
I want to run away,
I NEED to run away

The next day came,
It wasn’t the same
They say that i was a mistake
I don’t know what i’ve done to deserve that
I ...

1) I was asleep, tossing in my bed
2) I couldn’t get this thought outside of my head
3) The sun started to rise
4) I slowly opened my eyes

5) “Samantha Its time!”
6) I can’t help but sit and stare at the sunshine
7) Eventually I decided to get up
8) When I went ...

It has terrible twist and turns
Rocks that will tip you over
But water that will keep you going
It won’t stop going until it dries out

Some parts are smooth
Some are rough
Its crazy, chaotic
then calm and cool

Life is tough
You can’t just walk through life
You have to swim through the river

your toes are pinched by the claws of crabs.
your feet are hugged by the soft sand.
your eyes amazed by the shining stars.

you look up at the stars.
you look down at the holes dug by crabs,
then stare at the soft and comforting sand.

you sit in the sand
and think about why the ...

C
r
U
N
C
H

The sound of a person stepping on a leaf.
W
O

S
H

You can hear the leaves falling and the sound of the wind.
You can hear fall has come.
The fallen leaves are like a bowl of cereal
filling the lawn up.
The sky’s gray and cold.
Days and weeks ...

Tom Brady
At the starting line
Getting Ready
His Olympic debut as a swimmer
BANG!

Off they go
Swimming as fast as a cheetah in water
Tom Brady looks like he is in first
But no!
Antonio Brown has taken over the lead
This is going to be close folks

They are tied for first in the ...

Soccer
I play soccer
The inky black ball
The enormous goal

Across the field is the goal
I am devoted to soccer
One of the players has the ball

The players pass the ball around
We score the inky black ball into the goal
For 7 years I have been playing soccer

The soccer ball rushes down the ...

empty means losing your purpose
like a boat with no water to sail on
like a jacket with no sleeves
because ...

I sit on the dock
Listening to the leaves fall behind me
Watching the lake flow with the folding ripples on the water
I can hear the running boats in the distance
The wind starts to howl and the branches start creeking
A cold breeze runs through me like im invisable
leaving me with ...

Music is like
A long haul,
So much work
For nothing at all.

Or so it seems
When you sing along,
So many hours
For a three minute song.

A clock could tick
200 times
For a lot less
Than 200 rhymes.

A grain of sand
For every second spent,
You could empty a desert
And still not ...

BaseBALL

There was a time when I watched a game,
The name of the game was baseball,
In the game there was a Dinger,

That Dinger was like a car racing by,
Now I want to get a baseball,
We might have to wait (That would be forever) A WHOLE GAME!

What if I catch a Dinger?
“Throw ...

When I see something with nutrition
I run the other way
Food with nutrition is met with contrition
And It ruins my day

Yellow food is nasty
Red food is gross
Food with nutrition
Is what I avoid the most

When I see something with nutrition
My mouth says Ick!
I want to send all veggies ...

Space Is Like Winter

Space is like winter
uncontrollable and desilet
cold and silent
like a winter night
unknown and dangerous
like the vacuum of space

but calm and soothing
at the same time
as you float
in space
and snow
letting the time fly by
like a comet or a
S
N
O
W
F
L

The Movies

We arrived late at night to the movies, the world was very dark
Movies are always loud (let’s hope this one’s not loud)
We walked inside to the sound of popping popcorn.

Oh, how I really love popcorn
We enter the theater, despite the lights, the room is still dark
The movie begins, and it ...

Colorful Fall
Fall is made of leaves
Fall is made of beautiful colors
Getting colder and colder towards winter

As the trees die, you know it’s the beginning of winter
Hear the crunch as you jump in the leaves.
The trees look like a sunset full of colors.

The rake brushing away the variety of colors
The ...

The night shares a soft whisper,
That cradles through the wind.
It feels like the warmth of a warm fire.

A moment of CrAcKliNg like life to the fire,
Brought down to soft whisper.
The rustling of abundant life, caught in the wind.

The night fills HaPhAzArDLy with rough sounding whispers,
As the sky silently lights up ...

Skateboarding,
That rush of wind going through your hair and rushing towards your face,
Plotting the flow of what trick you’ll do next,
What’s that I see?
A ledge,
Just open and free,
And once I’m done,
I can say “ well, that was great.”

Once I’m done I go home,
As I roam the house,

Looking at black
Hoping that heaven will shine
Over this dark patch of blank

What would you expect it show its blank
Still nothing but black
No wink of light to shed that shine

Are you still waiting for that shine
Why are you still here there’s nothing but blank
What do you want to see I ...

They work for one being
who is ”better” than them,
without reward.
They only do this
because they are forced.

One had a home,
a family,
and a life outside of this.
But one day,
It was decided they would
belong to someone else,
who is “better” than them.

The other works at home,
they were made ...

You don’t Want to go to prison
But your actions have consequences
More problems have arisen
You are starting to run out of defenses

You don’t Want to go to school
But the laws say otherwise
You must be present it is a rule
It might be my demise

8 hours
5 days a week
Can I ...

when i’m Self Conscious…
it’s like an itch on my back

That I Just Can’t Scratch

it’s like a little person in my ear saying

You’re Not Good Enough

it’s like wanting something so bad but

Just Can’t Have It

it’s like wishing for something that’s

Impossible

it’s like waiting for something for so long but

It’s Not Going To Come

it’s like that stain ...

As the leaf the stay more go its a lonley leaf with nothing to do waiting to be blown its wish comes true!

Basketball is like a heart
That beats with every d r I b b l e
I care for it because its a body part
And I love it like dogs love there kibble

The balls bumpy orange skin like a
b
s
t
r
a
c
t
art
When you miss a shot it ...

Behold through you as bad as the rest
Through the
Laughing voices
The twirling around the dance floor
The raising of forks and knives
The singing of joyful songs
The people inside of the dresses and the suits
The clean bodies
The styled hair

Behold a secret silent face of loathing and despair

No one wants to ...

The sun is shining bright. I look at the light. I flash back! Everything looks black. The sun is shining bright, the sun is shining bright.

Ready?
Fence
Both fencers leap
Off the line
Faster than your eyes can process
One goes for the lung
Before they can finish
Swish
Goes the other’s blade
Parrying the attack
Wham
The blade smacks into the opponent’s mask
Each point the fencers get
More and
More
Tired
But one
Is Faster
And Wins
Their ...

My life has ups and downs
I could be stressed
Or
In a good mood
I always like to think my life is a
Mess-

I live in a forest
It can be
Nice and beautiful
Or dark and lonely

But something good to remember
After a bad storm
A nice and beautiful
Forest is there
To ...

This is me
I am me
Boom
Who is you
Are you you
You is you
me is me
You is you
Iam you
No me is me
We are
me and You

What if Harry Potter was a custodian
Every day he would wear a mask
So he wouldn’t be recognized

One day
While cleaning the floors
Kids started throwing trash at him

And calling him names
He politely asked them to stop
But they didn’t listen
They insulted him

And called him names
This went on for days
Then ...

Swish, swish, swish
Light, swift, movements
Every swish is the sound of happiness
Excitement and joy

Swish, swish, swish
A blur of brown and white
So fast it stirs the air
Greets me

Swish, swish, swish
Loyal and dependable
Tells me I am loved
Pure happiness electrifies the air

on 9/11 2001
Two towers were hit by a plane
In New York City
This purposeful crash was insane

Two towers
Standing tall
Pride of the U.S
Higher than all

Terrorist target
To take a stand
Death and destruction
Of our land

Wanted power
To make a name
But then
It was them to blame

Objective failed
They only ...

Equality
This word is like a
LION
LASHING
Out at you to some people
but to others it is just common sense
Sometimes you might think wow that girl is weird,
she has bright blue hair !
But why do you think these things?
Is there really a reason?
NO, no there is not .

I see a girl in the mirror
She has a tall figure and short, black, curly hair
She has dark eyes and tan skin
Her glasses slipping off the edge of her nose
Her lips fixed in a happy smile
She looks at me with a twinkle in her eyes

I look back at her
We ...

Music is like
A long haul,
So much work
For nothing at all.

Or so it seems
When you sing along,
So many hours
For a three minute song.

A clock could tick
200 times
For a lot less
Than 200 rhymes.

A grain of sand
For every second spent,
You could empty a desert
And still not ...

Growing from the branch
Maybe on a ranch?
Getting the first view,
Then as if on cue
It starts to rain.
You can feel the pain.

You are the lone leaf.
But then there’s relief,
then there is others
Just like your brothers!

Sometimes there’s a strong breeze
and the leaves fall with ease.
Soon your bigger ...

Heading to the camp
Headlights shining in the night
Road stretching onward

The road is ending
Trees loom like tall green giants
Mountains stretch upward

Tents slowly rise up
Underneath the black night sky
Animals move around

Waking up early
Watch the sunrise, red and gold
Over the mountains

Crackling and popping
A bright orange tornado
Illuminating

Breakfast is ready

A Strange Creature

Binturongs are odd,
They are like a cat and a bear mixed.
Scary or ugly looking, but nice if you know them.
Binturongs smell like… popcorn.
Other animals don’t like them.

Their black, shiny fur,
Nearly invisible in the dark night
But their bright, yellow eyes
Illuminate the dull surroundings.
The leaves crunch below ...

My abacus is made of wood
I use it when I should.
It’s long and full of beads
I manipulate for my needs.

Abacus is fun
I use it to get my math done.
Take some numbers and move a bead
Then I’ll have the answers that I need.

Pitter Patter
My heart begins to shatter
You push me away like I don’t even matter

You struggle with so much
I try to give you a hug
Then you duck
You duck away from me
You push away my love
Like you don’t even care for me

Tears run down your face
Your heart can’t beat ...

The Author of a book
can be the narrator.
Or, the Author could
be the main character.
The Author could simply
not be in the story.
Or, the Author could
be on the sidelines
watching and waiting.
The Author could be
the villain or the hero.
The Author could even
be the puppet master
controlling ...

The definition of “Anxiety Disorder” is

“specific psychiatric disorders that involve extreme fear or worry, and includes generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder and panic attacks, agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder, selective mutism, separation anxiety, and specific phobias”

What the lists of disorders don’t tell
They don’t tell you
That anxiety attacks feel like
Feel like you’re drowning

In dreams of past and hopes of new
Of faith in God and other beings
In the souls of grocery stores
And small record shops
And in the tiny rural schools
The spirit lives

They wake up promptly
Make their coffee, kiss their wifes
Send their children to school
They march to work
Shake hands
Roll ...

Every star is an opportunity
A chance to take a stand and change the community
Wish on each star no matter how high
You will never know what could happen if you don’t even try

Every morning getting out of your bed
You suddenly hear a voice in your head
Of all the things you wish ...

Oh Christmas! Oh Christmas!

Oh Christmas!
You bring joy and spirit, forgiveness, hope,
So bright and charming;
Helping people in need.
You end the melancholy year with positive energy,
You give the energy for next year.
You give an extra twist in life,
You give this by all the surprises.
You jingle and spirit arises,
Caroling ...

The thought always looms in the air
Because I always search for food.
It ceases to leave my body.

Deciding whether to
Eat sweets or more savory items.
Food fuels my desires

Good food, my mom’s food
Has a special place in my heart.
I can never remember when I first ate it,
Just that it has ...

The blue beauty calls
me into her arms, so pale
…the arms of Nature.

Every time I look her face
The voices of doubt gets small

Every time I walk to her
The sound of train coming form distance
pit-a-pat
The feelings coming from my heart gets bigger

Every time I get closer to her
The sound of train gets faster, and closer
pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat,

A wise she’d stay still
As ...

We were too close stay far from each other

I thought you were ready
Color the world with blue
To make your tears to fade

I would do everything to hold you again
I thought I was ready
Color the world with gray
To fill it with your shadow
To do meaningless regret

We were too far to ...

I feel loneliness when I’m in love
I look at her until my lake in my heart drys out
I try not to fall in those stars
I just look at her
And she looks back
And she loves
Him.

I love candy.
It’s very sweet.
I dream of candy when I sleep.
And when it’s morning I hear a bird tweet.
I also wish for one more dish of candy every day.
But I can’t eat candy because if I do I will get in trouble,
and there will be consequences.
Candy tastes good ...

Christmas is all about love
Also when Santa Claus comes and gives us the presents we love.
When I smell my mom’s fresh baked cookies out of the oven
I want to go inside and put them in my stomach.
I love, love Christmas.
Christmas time is here and everyone has happiness and cheers.
Christmas ...

The safest place I know
is existing in my own house.
Down the hall and up the carpeted stairs.
Then there’s a set of white doors.

Enter the room
but be greeted by clutter and mess.
It’s like a bird’s nest.
carefully arranged

In the center lay the sticks
that make up my nest.
Made up nicely,

Two tulips in a field amidst a strong gale,
of bugles and horns-

Shelter its petals from the breeze,
the sound of air raids-

The wind grows stronger,
the sound of thuds-

The tulips wear a crimson dress,
as he stares-

The sound of boots thudding,
thud, thud, thud-

And more thudding without looking,
the tulips are crushed-

One remaining petal ...

I walked
on the street.
There were
tall trees around me. The leaves
were bright green under the sunshine.

By listening to the music
from my ear phones,
I felt a moment of
peace and joy.

A kid was learning how to ride a bike
on the sidewalk.
His brother besides
Lost his patience,
And finally left ...

The bright lights from Venus stand stark
against the soft twilight.
And above it, the dark oblivion rests
above the top of the trees.
The stars form perfect clusters,
illuminating the garden.

A single star shoots
across the sky,
burning and hurling its way
through the cosmos above,
promising a poisoned demise
to some other planet.

But ...

Red blotted on pale cheeks,
a young face
unmarked, still lovely.

Roses, in red,
blossoming in lush gardens
and swans gliding on a lake,
black eyes filled with charm.

Pale men with black hair and
colored glass eyes, born
with silver and gold
and
ignorant to their actions
and their terrible beauty.

Vain and pearled
sat the young ...

So very lucious
dew drops cover its surface
comes in all colors

Traveling along with prickly spikes around its body,
the creature makes its way around the room. Feeling
of all things claustrophobic, it explores the lonely space
which is anything but lonely during the beginning and
end of the day. Spending enough time to remember the
cycles of every day on this property, it goes along ...

Buds cover the trees
flowers blooming here and there
green everywhere

Light, then dark.
Happy, then sad.
But in that dark,
you are the prettiest star in the sky.

Never ending
Always there
Telling me things
Underneath the blue sky
Resting under the trees
Endless beauty

The time we have is wasted
Upon pillars of hours spent
Suffocated by piles upon piles of tedious work
Our days exceedingly locked away
Our hands never stopping to delay

Slowly drowning in the depths of open sea
Air taken away from struggling lungs
Arms flailing around trying to grasp something solid
Fighting for the breath ...

Love is Good
Love is Great
Love Is Something we Appricate
love is Fighting
Love is jelousy
Love Is pain
Love is insane
Love Is Mad
Love is glad
Love is sometimes sad
Dont ever abuse
Dont ever acuse
Love is something people loose

This place,
where willows watch with wandering eyes,
As lost souls stop for a sip.

The creek whirreles and swirreles,
When man’s hands seek
to quench their parched lips.

This place,
where the creek holds man’s hand,
Silently stretching it’s slippery grasp to consume sin

Spitting out only those whose washed away of their greed.

This place
where willows ...

Always caring, loving .
Always there when you need her.
Always cooking and cleaning for you.
Always there to pick you up when you fall.
Always thereto give a warm hug when you are sad.
A mothers love.

Always there to hold you and tell you its going to be ok.
Always watching over you.
Always ...

You shine down.
Rainbow of black.
Casting a shadow.
Strong.
Beautiful.
I love you.
I love you.
Rainbow of black.

The loud music rings through my ears.
The smell of popcorn and sweet candy swirl throughout the air.
I find myself zoning out not able to hear the rest of the peoples muffled cheers.
I never looked at high it went up, inside my head was already forming thoughts of despair.

The big wheel now stopped, ...

The phoenix who protects the world
With its luxurious golden flames
Keeps the cycle of life and death
Neverending
No life can exist without death
And no death may exist without life
Thus at the end of each cycle
The phoenix sets the world ablaze
With its destructive
Yet beautiful
Golden flames
The fire burns ...

It’s that time of year,
All the holiday cheer,
Singing snowy songs,
As we walk along,
Wishing a Merry Christmas,
And a Happy New Year.

Red and green and white,
Flashing and glowing all through the night,
The silhouette of the Christmas tree,
Is most wonderful, don’t you agree?
Ornaments of all different shapes and sizes,

Memories
fury, relief
memories in my head
hypnotizing me.
Memories
racking my brain searching the recesses
of my mind.
But there was nothing there.
Don’t try to remember, You can’t,
its too dangerous.
I have all these questions, curious.
I was afraid…

Red, red makes me mad
Orange, orange makes my day
Yellow, yellow is like the sun
Green, green is like the forest and life
Blue, blue is the sky
Purple, purple is the good flowers in the sun

White is like a fluffy llama.
White is like a rainy cloud.
White is a sheep.
White is like a daisy.

Ash went to the bank and got cash
Then drove to the store
On the way there Ash got in a crash
She went to the hospital
The next day she went on a walk
Ash saw a kitten wearing mittens
Chasing a mouse wearing a blouse
So she saved the mouse with a blouse

As I bore into the ashen type soil;
And my limbs grow ever so cold and numb;
I cannot stop my never ending toil;
My ears now deafened by the heartbeat drum.

I cannot tell if this may be my curse;
Has my luck now run dry from the river;
Or maybe something I fear is ...

I like gardening
You can grow a lot of plants
Gardening is fun

School is long
School is sometimes boring
School is learning
School is sometimes fun
School is down the street
It’s unpredictable!

The big blue blob
speckled with islands.
Underneath coral grows
fish swimming, crabs walking
some are deadly and big,
but some are small.

They listen to you
they keep your secrets for you
they are so loving

The tide rises up
the tide lowers quickly
waves overlapping

Real rain drumming on the roof, calming you, or waking you up. Rain that sprinkles itself down on you as you run, catch drops in your mouth. Rain in your head “too many noises too many sounds”:
Stress.
Rain that makes you sad and washes all hopes away, cancels a game or cancels ...

The rivers
They lay in their
Churning and roiling
Bed

The lakes
They lay in their
Churning and roiling
Bed

The oceans
They lay in their
Churning and roiling
Bed

Blanketed by a foamy froth
Recoiling
And feathers dropped
By an innocent, unknowing pigeon
Recoiling
With every breath of water
It sloshes to and fro

T he car stopped.
H orrified, I looked at my friend.
E verything had been fine until the
C at jumped in the road.
A fter that we drove off.
T he cat had been hit.
I was
S till trembling.
A ll I could think about was the
L oud crash, and
I couldn’t ...

Sometimes,
You aren’t enough.
The storm rages,
The waves grow rough.
You pilot your ship,
As best you can,
But then you slip
And run aground.

Sometimes,
You feel so free,
Like you could do anything.
You could be anything you wanted to be.
You open your sails, unafraid,
And sail away.

Sometimes,
You’re all alone.
No ...

I walk in the
Long green grass
In the meadow
By the stream
Next to
The Koi Pond.

I walk by
The skinny stream
Glistening in the sunlight
Listening to
the trickle of the water
And the twitter of birds
Coming from
The Koi Pond.

I feel the wind
Tussle my hair
And push me with excitement

Fear

Fear is the color violet purple like the ocean at sunset.
It looks like a burst of lightning.
It smells like a dead dragon lying in front of me.
It tastes like through up in my mouth.

Envy is a slithering insecurity.
Envy is the feeling of drinking poison.
Envy is a snake.
Peace is the caress of water on skin.
Peace is the feeling of laying in the grass.
Peace is a whisper of a dream.
Anger is the ringing of ears.
Anger is the feeling of tearing paper.
Anger is ...

Every day
Every night
I fall
Further and further

Falling
Falling
Falling

For her.
Her smile,
Face,
Energy,
Everything.

I stay up.
Later every night.
Thinking of her.
Every feature.
Writing her letters,
Poems.
Crying over thoughts.
Whether we’ll become more
Or stay as we are.
Wondering.
All night.
Hoping for more,
Hoping to be the one.
The ...

The grass is frosty
The green grass got so shiny
and so cold so fast

Blue
Blue as the ocean
Yellow
Yellow as the sun
Red
Red as blood
Violet
Violet as plums
Green
Green as leaves
Black
Black as licorice
Orange
Orange as oranges
Gray
Gray as a storm
These are my colors

Red is the color of lava
Red is the color of fire
Red is the color of mad
Red is the color of rage
Red is the color of an apple
Red is the color of the sun
Red is the color of a red flower

I tripped
I got mad
So I ripped my paper
But I got sad
So I asked my friend
She is rad
So I am sad

Confusingly fluffy
Lovely and soft
Over the world
Under the sun
Down comes the rain
Soaking everything

So bright
Unbelievably hot
No ones been there

My, oh my! What has happened to the sky?!
It is so very hot, feel like our skin is gonna fry.
Why, oh why! Must this happen to I?!
Our extinction has come, doomsday sirens begin to cry.
Try? Don’t try. Because the end will not comply.
Lie, just lie. It is time for us ...

The layers of glistening sand
Shine innocently
Playfully whistling.
Betrays you.

Along the swirling Horizon
Darkness turns
Hitting with all of its force
Splashing furiously on the innocent beach.
The shady shadow
The malicious ocean
Grinning.

It comes to you coldly
The dark drowning waves
The everlasting bubbles
When have I seen
Such a corrupt smile?

No escaping

Violence is forbidden. We
don’t allow swords clanging or needless deaths.
In this grand modern era, we don’t fight
like beasts.
We fight
like beings.
We allow words crashing and needless inconvenience.
In this grand modern era,
We fight
through trade and words.

Much less dangerous, right?
Only, that is,
until shots
sound off.
Is violence ...

Our world is miraculous,
filled stunning scenery.
One hill after another,
pastures of cows,
littered flowers,
Mountains after mountains,
Valleys after valleys
A world of scenery, and peace.
But,
There can be horrible,
Michievias
Nasty
Unpleasant,
things.
Littering people,
Plastic in the sea,
Oil spills
Dying animals,
At the same time,
There can be interesting ...

Oh, the scenic views before me
The breeze sweeping the tall, long grass
Tall giants loom, forming a valley
Up on the mountains you can see tiny dots of people
Wildflowers pepper the sea of grass
Perhaps a sly squirrel chasing a mouse
Tiny pebbles litter the ground
A sparkling lake filled with fish and ...

There was a girl
Lonely and unheard
For she was shouting
At the top of her lungs
Everyone should of heard
Should of
But
No
No one heard
Everyone could only hear whispers and murmurs
She was blind
And deaf
A walking stick guiding her way
People following her to translate everything
Everything
Dressed in ...

Me,
I was staring at a swirling
Dizzying
Piece of paper
It looked so
Convincing
Fantastic
But, oh
The black
The white
The moving circles
Swallowing me in
Taking me away from where I was
Rubbing me with glue
And sticking me onto the piece of paper
So alive
So consuming
Grabbing me
My eyes ...

Wondering
Wondering if I will ever be good enough for you
I’m still not sure too
I don’t have the answers today
I have nothing to say
How far would I go to please you
You are the reasons why I do things too
Was the grass aging
When there was worrying
Worrying that i’m ...

Oh my favorite tree
The gnarled branches hugging me tight
Pulling me in
Giving me happy and sad memories
Ones with the loved ones
Some with the saddened poor
Others with WAR as the big headline
The almost olive yet leathery leaves sweeping my face
Rubbing
Smoothing
Calming thy soul
Half the roots had been ...

Chicago has a giant
Who wanted to eat a bean
He ate everything in his cupboard
And still wanted more

Y con eso fue a la tienda de mascota
Nada
Y después fue a la tienda de caramelos
Nada
Y luego fue al parque
¡Si!

He found his bean
He ate and he ate and he ate

I love December
With winter breaks’ cozy nights
And bright Christmas lights

Like a butterfly’s wings,
my eyes flutter,
then open

I was ripped
from my subconscious fantasy
by none other
than the BEEEEP of my alarm

In a daze,
I get ready
I eat something I don’t taste,
for it is far too early
for my taste buds to be awake

I step outside
then check to make ...

So hot, make me sweat
The hot sun in my face make me wet
Looking at the kids playing makes me jumpy in some kind of way
But oh my isn’t it time to start the day
Eating bread with avocado,
Taste like eating some Tomato
Ahh how I wish it snow
But look nothing ...

I am drawn to the eyes of the all Mighty
Those pale blue exuberant eyes, getting lost
In every stroke I take in the deep vast ocean they create
Every notion ever felt, ever taken action on, crashes down before me
The walls and barriers that have been built, fall down around me
They sink ...

Happy was I.
Joyful, loving, heart
Shattered is it now.
You with
anger and rage
Fills up this saddened heart
broken am I.

I am broken.
Heart saddened this up fills
Rage and anger.
With you,
Now it is shattered.
Heart loving, joyful.
I was happy

Have you ever felt so great, you could fly?
Have you ever felt so sad, you could die?
But be brave, be bold like a king on his throne
You could start a new day, don’t be scared to be okay
Ba bum ba bum ba bum
Your heart beats like a drum
Like a ...

The street lights in the night
Shine like a star
The stars are sailing in the
Dark, dark Ocean
In middle of the Ocean
There is a floating small boat

In the boat
There is someone
That no one hate
But no one like
So he keep hide in the boat

The boat sail
Sail by the ...

Some dinosaurs can make a terrifying roar. Some others can fly and soar.
But this dino, oh he can run.
Yes, this dino, he’s number one.
This my friends is Flashasaurus Rex.
This T-Rex really likes to flex.
Hey, I know, let’s give him a nickname.
This nickname must not sound lame.
I ...

Breathe in the last breath
Breathe out the last sigh
After the last tear drop touch the ground

There will be my funeral
To someone it is social party
To someone it is blind date
To someone it is duty
To someone it is just funeral

If a person who despise me
Come to my funeral

There is no mirror to shine my feelings
So I cross my arm with knife
There is only dried black blood

The times passes
Only hole of twilight watching me
I know
I’m just missing you
I know
After time passes your face will
Break down fall down and disappear
I know
I shouldn’t miss you

I ...

I don’t think It’s good to see you
It would be better if I didn’t see you

When you were look so happy
I was in the night
I was in dark, dark night

When the sun is bright
When the sunshine greet you
Only the shadow of my conscience in the night sky greet me

Oh the ...

There are some things they never tell you
Like the true dangers
That’s true. They might tell you some dangers
But they only tell you the predictable ones
Even though they seem unpredictable
They are.
The ones they don’t tell you are the truly unpredictable ones
Yet they can predict those ones too
They just ...

Everyone sees me as a wall
One with graffiti and paint, scratched into, colored over
Bricks fallen out and new ones put in
Already done, a few spots here and there but mostly full
Still growing for more
but today still full
Full of color vibrant and dull
Full of experiences, achievements, failures
History that ...

Hello sister
Sister of the cold and ice
Sister who hides
Hello
You have hidden for so long
And now
why must you return!
In a time in which we must we be happy
You come and

Eating creamy cubes of milk chocolate

I cannot desist,
The whole bar will be no longer,
But there are more—storage rooms are full
Craving for sugar—even as a crystal dune laying on a spoon—

Can be killed with dry salt,

But why cancel the calling sweetness of grand pyramids—

The multi layered cakes?
Sadly, to much of my dissatisfaction,

The circle of grass,

The men in suits and hats are trampling,
I lay in the middle frowning,
The sky is grey with clouds,
A ceiling,

If only it could fall and let me raise from the ruins,
If only the men would stop smiling,
Piercing with their eyes my deserved rest,

If only there were no fingers ...

The Queen was ostentatious,
Dressing up for ordinary things,
And she was very selfish.
She acted as if she had wings,
Trying to fly away from her problems.
But she was trying to delude the people of her land,
Only she did not succeed.
This sparked anger between the people,
Causing them to go berserk,

Whether there’s the darkest night, or a flow of light,
I am always there for you.
You can count on me, I can count on you;
we will play together,
smile together,
die together.
I am always by your side.

White snow is falling
Dropping like cold cotton balls
Frozen on the ground

It’s raining outside
Bear is just laying in the grass
Water’s like silver glass

There is red
There is orange
There is yellow
There is a beautiful painting
Now a paintings been made

I have never seen the snow
but I have been
cloaked by
thick woolen blankets of cold.
Of nothing.
Melancholic chill emphasized by the
lack of sun shining,
reflecting in my eyes.

Everything tasted bitter.
No means of heart nor
hand held to be sweet.
An ocean full of people;
I was drowning,
and yet,
I ...

a number of creatures
being washed away
endangered or extinct
keep
the planet alive
provide
air
water
and help
protect the future

my brain works differently
it’s a mess of wires
complicated and intricate
people think they can organize it
but they can’t
i like it
jumbled
i find the order in my chaos
in the eye of my hurricane
there is
peace
my brain is like a quiet fire
calm and relaxing
or the tranquil ocean

Pitter, pitter patter
Sounding like innate chatter
Drip, drip drop
Why do they all have to talk
Some are quieter than others
But they still talk just as much to their brothers
Some are invisible
Others are more bold
Quick as a splash
Or slow as the lazy river
They all act the same with ...

Stars have their myths
But do clouds have those gifts
If stars are our ancestors
Does that make raindrops their tears
What if the stars are the gods
Does that make thunderstorms their angry wrath
What about stars being lost souls
Does that make clouds their protectors
We know about stars and clouds
Therefore we ...

My brain is a mill
Full of words to till
My head is a farm
Harvesting thoughts tangled like yarn
My chest is the grass
Unyielding under a great big mass
My arms are the soil
Delicate and easy to foil
My stomach is an ecosystem
All the parts working in a delicate unison
My ...

My life reminds me of a book
Because everywhere I look
Things have to be done a certain way
And that’s how the laws have been laid
Mazes everywhere I turn
Unsolvable so there’s nothing to learn
Sometimes I’m so confused
I’m almost past the point of no return
If my life really were a ...

Don’t do this
Don’t do that
This is how you sound
Things are about to change
Especially with my father
That is why I bother
When I ask questions you get upset
But my future I have never met
You tell me I will leave soon
But I don’t know by which moon
If you ...

Aggression
Punching and kicking
It’s almost like a clock
Ticking
It piles up inside
But by the rules I must abide
Rules don’t follow situations
I get upset with my relations
Aggression
TV shows
Fights
I don’t understand how to turn on the lights
They were never on
But other emotions are gone
So I’m ...

Strength can be a weakness
Weakness can be a strength
Strength can make you feel like everyone loves you
When in all reality everyone hates you
Weakness is the time where you
Can’t do it right
Can’t say it right
Can’t live right
And everybody hates you
When in reality
You did the best
Came ...

We have meltdowns
We are beautiful
We are imperfect
We are one of a kind
We grow and develop
We rise and fall with our conditions
We get imitated
We were meant to join with others
We are snowflakes
Snowflakes are humans
Humans are snowflakes
We are the same

Rage is a battle
Between what you ought to do
And what is right
Rage is a fire
Burning inside
And out
Rage is possessive
Over your body
Controlling your thoughts
Your sight
Your difference between right and wrong
Is muted as rage comes through the door
Then it laughs as the war wages with ...

Shoes, shoes, what to do? …High heels, boots? What to do… Sneakers? Red? Blue? What to do…I know! Flip flops! No wait, converse! What to do…Fluffy? Uncomfortable? Fancy? What to do… Oh! I know! Mix match? Yes… That will work! But which two shoes- (sigh). What to do… What to do.

There are colors in the sky
There are colors in a restaurant
There are colors in the road
There are colors in paintings
There are colors in a rainbow
There are colors in a classroom
There are colors in a store
There are colors in our earth
There are colors in trees
There are colors ...

They are soft like a cloud
But they are sometimes loud
They can be good or bad
If you give them food they will be glad
They can be annoying
But they’re not boring

We need to go to bed
Nothing’s popping in my head
Buildings, trees
Who can tell the difference?
They both have bees
My sister has a sleep mask
She ran into the street fast
We tried to tell her
But we just couldn’t get her

Popcorn pops at the Paramount
So buttery
And sometimes so caramely
I wish I could eat it
Every day
But my parents would say
No way
It’s more buttery
Than sugary
But it’s ok
It makes my tongue
Fizzle
I like it anyway

Recess recess recess
It’s when I get to play
It’s what I’m talking about
It’s what I’m gonna say

It’s fun when you get your sillies out
And you can also play
Recess ‘round the playground
Is sure to make your day

It’s really fun to do it
I try to every day.

As the world crashes down around my feet
I sit in the suffocating destruction of a thousand years
Judged by human standards for one last time
Content to let angels and demons tear my soul apart
I count the seconds by each living cell unmade
And together the world and I crash down

My wish is to dream
To dream for an eternity
To dream until the world halts
And all that was left has crumbled

For I can no longer stand the dull colorless light of humanity
I want to revel in the depths of my creation
As my mind spirals out possibilities

Faster
And faster
And faster
Until ...

Hello
Only for a second
Only for a day
What weight is one hello
In an endless universe
What worth is one hello
In a dimension of farewells
One hello
For an eternity
Of goodbyes

Up! Whoosh! Whoosh! Bam! Chimney! In! Christmas tree! Gift!
Tiptoe! Up chimney! Hitch! Fly!
Up! Whoosh! Whoosh! Bam! Chimney! In! Christmas tree! Gift! Tiptoe! Up chimney! Hitch! Fly!
North Pole! Day done! In Stable! Red nose off! Sleep! Have dreams about next year! zzzzzzzzzzzz

When you walk up to a tree and look at it’s wonderful branches,
If you spread out your arms and look up,
you can feel the magic.

When you give a helping hand to someone in need
If you embrace that moment,
you can feel the magic.

When you go to a place that you feel safe ...

Me and you we have a club,
It’s a club of two.
It’s super great because we’re alone having fun,
We’re a club of two.

We hide under trees and make little forts,
Just me and you.
We sing to each other and eat little snacks,
Just me and you, a club of two.

The day is ...

Smiley faces are easy to draw,
Smiley faces make some people say, “Aww!”
Smiley faces are what you put at the end of a letter.
Heart or smiley face? …. I like smiley face better!
My sister puts a smiley face on her face when she sees cupcakes!
Smiley faces, they express a lot.
Smiley ...

Monsters are yucky
Monsters are creeping

If I see one
I will be weeping

Monsters are scary
Monsters are hairy

I hate monsters
The same as my classmate Barry

Yuck, yuck, yuck!

Unicorns are fluffy
Also puffy

A unicorn I met,
I want it as my pet

It runs around the house,
It chases a mouse!

I make it walk,
But all it does is talk!

It plays with my lint
It eats my mint!

Then I yell poof!
That crazy unicorn is gone.

Frogs are green
Round like an oval
Out in the sun
Get ready to run
Some are toads and some are FROGS

Blue is new
When I feel blue
I think of you
Blue makes me say moo
Blue blue is you!!!!!!!!

A dark me flat on the floor,
following me every step I take,
in the dark I can’t see the dark me,
but in the light I see myself dark,
and fast just like me.

Turtles, turtles so sweet
but not so neat
you can be short,
but you’re so strong
so stay sweet
try to be neat
and make a song

Blue the color of sad
Blue the color of rain,
Red the color of mad
Red the color of rage,
Yellow the color of mellow
Yellow the color of calm,
Orange the color of bellow
Orange the color of yell,
Green the color of go
Green the color of good,
Purple the color of pretty

Leaves, flaky and crisp fall
Falling to the ground in the snow
Orange, red, and yellow color

Cats are fluffy
Cats are cute
But wait just one moment
they bite and they scratch
they nip and they nash
then again they’re cute and cuddly
oh,well you’ll never know.

Teal is like the ocean
Teal is like the sky
Teal is rain pouring down
Teal smells like blooming flowers
Teal tastes like blueberries
Teal sounds like ocean waves
Teal looks like ice cream
Teal feels like cold water
Teal makes me happy
Teal is beautiful

I stand tall, I stand brave.
I run in the wind,
my hair flies behind me.
I see mountains fly past me,
I feel the wind push,
I race it,
I win,
victory for me!
Someone is on my back,
I leap over a pole,
I am in a race,
I win again, victory!!
I ...

The ocean
Is like the sky
It’s my favorite
It’s so amusing
But quite confusing
It’s my favorite
And so amazing

They go to space
And they race
They boom
When they
Reach the moon
They come back
With a boom
It’s all in one piece
Then your back at home.

It’s like a planet
But small
It orbits around Earth
It’s like an asteroid
But small
It’s the same size as Pluto
It’s Earth’s friend
It helps us live
It pulls the tides
For us.

Aqua is like the bright sunny sky
Aqua smells like fresh cut grass
Aqua feels like a windy day
Aqua taste like water
Aqua is awesome

Red… use that to color apples
Ava likes blue
Ivy’s green too
Never use green for the sky
But always use red for apple pie!
On cows use white and black
When you don’t have room just use the back.

White is like the Biggest marshmallow in my hot cocoa
White is like snow on a nice cold breezy day
White is sleet on edge of a roof
White smells like marshmallows on vanilla ice cream
White tastes like snowflake on the tip of your tongue
White sounds like silence and peace
White looks like ...

Weather is getting cool
Leaves are turning red and gold
It’s nice, it’s autumn.

At Christmas time
you will hear bells chime
Everyone is jolly
and hangs up holly
Everyone wants to go
play in the snow
if you put up a Christmas tree
Little elves come with glee

Red is like an apple
Orange is like fire
Yellow is like a flower
Green is like a tree
Blue is like the ocean
Purple is like a plum
Gray is like a storm
Brown is like my hair
Black is like a cat
I love colors

Pink is like a pig
Pink is like ice cream
Pink is like a rose
Pink is like a fuzzy jacket
Pink is like love
Pink is like hearts
Pink is everything

Twinkling up there
Way up in the sky
Wondering how you
Got so very high
Twinkling like
Little lights
In the highest
Of the heights

Up go the tides
Pulling me away
Up wondering if
It will make it today
Up go the tides
Coming to the shore
Rolling in the sea
Forevermore

Blowing wind
Flowing leaves
Twinkling moon
Shining sun
Happiness for
Everyone

Love is filling the air
Love is a special feeling
Nobody can ever compare
Love is the one thing everybody needs
To be as happy
As me

Oh no it’s winter
This is the season
I get all my splinters
I’m tired of wasting all my time
Picking splinters out my hand
On a snowy winter night
The end

Drama oh drama
Why did I cause this terrible drama
Now I’m mad
and Lilly’s sad
The teacher’s CRAZY
And now she loves to be LAZY

It’s snowing and we’re all bundled inside
crack, crack is the hot, hot fireplace
now all we need is a Christmas tree

Left right or straight
I guess I will go straight
my teammate is ahead
as she takes off she kicks
She scores
now we won the game
thanks to our teammate

Pets are a magical thing
They help you when you are sad or mad
But sometimes pets are sad
But let’s not talk about that
Pets are important in our life
They can scare you sometimes like when they’re hurt
But I bet you make them more happy like they do for you
If you ...

A beautiful, interesting place
Up there with a planet called Mars,
It’s dark, but also has shiny stars
And beautiful, colorful, dangerous nebula,
And a planet called Earth
That you’ve probably heard of,
It’s where we live,
Space has all kinds of different things
Like asteroids, super giants and Saturn with rings
I don’t want ...

Yellow, yellow, yellow
Like the sun
Yellow is a pineapple
Yellow is like a lightning bolt
You watch that yellow Spongebob,
Laugh and have a lot of fun
Yellow, yellow, yellow
A caution sign
Yellow tastes like butter popcorn
Yellow smells like sour limes
Looks like a rubber duck
Yellow is mustard
Yellow is the ...

A time of year that everyone looks forward to
There’s naughty and nice boys and girls
They can be tall or small
The good ones get presents and the bad ones get coal Or nothing at all
There’s snow and there’s decorations with lights
And Christmas trees, hot cocoa, a fire, and
Family

Lots of animals
Giant, blue and very nice
Most of our planet

You sat at the corner
Seemed like the shadow was your friend
I sat beside you with silence, with sympathy

You kept look at the floor
You only sighed
You kept remind of me
So I talked to you with identity

You seemed like lonely
So I give you a hand quietly
Because I can fill that ...

Robins sing their melodious sound,
thunder rumbles the sky and the ground.
Fish swim in oceans peacefully,
flashes of lightning penetrate the sea.
Vast forests where tall trees stand,
venomous serpents hidden beneath the desert sand.
Creatures live together without a fight,
until the day gives way to the darkness of night.
There is a ...

Healing the wounds of time,
Washing away the sins of the past.
Showering the lands with a hope of survival,
Flooding the glades and meadows with tears of sorrow.
A connection to the open seas,
A pathway to the endless oceans.
Covering up the lies of humanity,
Clouding the sky and moistening the ground.
Purging ...

Every verse is weird to write
nothing I put down sounds right
Poetry urges me to fight
I fight how the dark fights light

I have no muse
I have no news
I have no clues
And I have the blues

I don’t have the composition
Other poets are magicians
I have the ambitions
But nothing comes ...

“Kaw” goes the canyon birds as they fly over the red-orange horizon
There is nothing in sight except for tumble weeds and bushes on the open terrain
The sound of the wind blowing fills my ears like the music of Joseph Haydn
The bright orange waves of the canyon are something only its gorges can ...

Es la Noche Buena pero yo no veo
lo que normalmente veo.
En vez de las estrellas
veo millones de personas
con una vida,
las luces de sus espíritus brillantes.

En vez de la oscuridad de la noche
veo los problemas
que las luces arreglan
cada día de su vida.

Las estrellas son como los humanos
son ...

Depression is a tyrant
Always taking
Never giving
No release from its powerful jaws
No escape from its heated intensity
Taking over MY body
Making choices for me
Stabbing my heart, head and being
Gaining power
Gaining strength
Depression is a soul sucking leech
In the movies good usually wins
But the world isn’t a ...

I used to feel like life was a race
And everyone else was moving forward
But I couldn’t even open my eyes to see how far behind I was

Now,
I belt out song lyrics with my friends
I find the joy in little things like arcade games and stolen smiles
Now, I allow myself to ...

Some people walk through a revolving door in your life
It’s ok
Some people are meant to

Thunder through the devil’s hour
You are the nights awake
Eyes full of ceiling
Bending shadows like trees

Fateful days
Spent in the rain and sleet and snow
Is that where you go?
When the drunken clouds roll
And blackened skies ring forth
Whipping ‘cross your windowpane

You are the bedridden longing
One Mississippi
Two…four
Resounding darkness

A stone is a stone, a tree is a tree,
For that is all your eyes can see.

Blocking your vision and tricking you with deceit,
Look beyond the boundaries
you must not accept defeat.

Keep searching until there is no light,
Keep searching until the dead of night.

Search beyond the barricade of reality,
Search into your ...

The blue turns to gray
Watch the green as it fades
The air we breath is cold and sharp
Feel the earth turn so dark.
Mother nature’s caving in.
There’s too much trash,
No one will win.
But it’s not time to just give in!
Together we must break this sin.
Turtles die because they ...

They’re there when you’re sad,
They’re there when you’re glad,
No matter the place or where you are at.

You’ll never be lonely you’ll have your best friend,
So keep them right with you as you go hand and hand.

They’ll be at your wedding,
They’ll be there when you die,
But if they die first, then ...

You go on a cruise with monsters with rabies
Ride a giant squid while you eat toxic gravy
Jump off a cliff maybe twice or three times
Then do it again or take a skydive.
Wrestle a tiger, have lunch with a bear
Sleep with black widows if you should dare
Climb Everest to the ...

Sweet little birds chirp in the breeze
But on the other side they die as they freeze
Pretty little flowers grow as colors burst
But on the other side their dying from thirst.
Lovely little children play in the spring
But on the other side they die from killings
So next time your out having ...

Have you ever given thought to God’s keys of light?
That once your key is turned, you die in plain sight.
Have you ever given thought to how kids come to life?
They’re created by each of God’s little keys of light.
Whenever you think that you’re out of sight,
remember God can see you ...

Trees are the real heroes, they make me jump and sing.
The animal habitat lives on trees
you can see them dance and swing.
Trees give oxygen for your life.
Trees give shade to every life.
Bees use trees to make their hives.
Birds build nests where they make new lives.
Trees make the earth ...

A small little space where the walls all close in
Silent but deadly; far from heaven.
Where all life goes mad or dies or gets crippled
Up in the house of old man Knittle,
Deep down inside lays a place with no light
Where every little soul dies more each night.
Go if you ...

Sally Lou claims she saw a large pie,
Lenny said he found 10,000 dimes.
Lola says she found a green four leaf clover
Kenny brags that the president came on over!
Callie said she cleaned an elf that got dirty,
Sally embarked on a world touring journey.
When I asked “When did these crazy things ...

Summertime
The best time of year
Sometimes you
Can even see deer
When you feel the heat
Start barbecuing meat
In summer you don’t have to be clean
And try not to be mean
Oh summertime
You don’t have school
And it’s time to
Jump into the pool
Because it’s summer!

Baby hummingbird floats from flower to flower,
her wings flitter and flutter with buzzing power.
Baby hummingbird’s bright eyes are clever,
her beak slender like a straw, soaking up nectar.
She flies back home, her wings whirling and twirling.
She is graceful and grateful for the world!

Rainbow fights
in nights are
sights
So do a rainbow fight
in the night!

When you look into my eyes, you don’t see me. You see my clothes, my skin and my hair. Why does it matter what I wear? You may not know this about me but the inside is pretty but you can’t see that because you’re so caught up on how I look when my name ...

Stand up for the voiceless!
You lock us up in cages.
You give us a fright.
With no blankets for the night.
Stand up for the animals!
No family to love.
No place to call home.
You leave us all alone.
Stand up against the circus!
They make us do tricks.
They whip us and ...

We are all here wasting away.
Getting hunted down like a cat and its prey.
There are many of us.
I’ll list a few.
Ocelots, tree frogs, and leopards too.
We are turning into dust like some trees do.
Our habitats destroyed.
Wha!! Boo hoo!!
Our homes are dead as a rock.
There’s nothing we ...

Stella

We raced across the cracked pavement,
worn down from years of the lake lapping at its edge,
hands clasped tightly together. Our shadows danced, intertwined,
water bottles swinging at our sides.
The swans sliced through the water,
tracing it with their midnight beaks, echoes
of the skyscrapers reflected in the mirror of sunlight.
Her father ...

I am your purring cat cuddled up on your lap.
I wonder if you can fit any more love in your heart because it’s already overflowing.

I hear your warm loving voice telling me everything’s okay.
I see your arms wrapped around me with care and compassion.
I want you to know your fish and rice ...

Why not SLAM the door you’re not allowed to close?
Why not eat a pickle when it’s past your bedtime?
Why not catch a butterfly with a fishing pole?
Why not hide from school until summer starts?
Why not disobey your mom and dad again and again?
Why not do what you want instead of ...

The GraveYard
A place like a thousand sorrows
The GraveYard
A place to remember the Good times
The graves yelling out to you
Telling you to get over the bad times
The GraveYard
Where you go to think
The GraveYard
The place you can be
To remember the ones who came before you
The GraveYard

Leaves falling to the green earth
Fires lighting in fireplaces
Leaves crunching beneath my feet
Juicy grapefruit,
Watery in my mouth
Dead leaves on the earth ground

We just got back from a field trip
to Inner Space Caverns
This place is a cave
My favorite part was
mining for rocks
My least favorite part
was the cave

Peace feels like the soft hands
of my mother and a
warm slice of pumpkin pie on a
cold Thanksgiving Day
Peace looks like my loving family
Hugging me tight for a good night’s sleep
Peace tastes like fresh, warm cookies
Peace sounds like a warm fire
crackling fire
on a cold Christmas morning
Peace ...

The sun is bright, shining yellow against the deep blue sky. It sits. It hovers above air and land and sea,
ever present.
And so it shines.
Most days, the boy feels the rays penetrate his skin like the seeping of warm ocean waters –
wish-wash, wish-wash.
He feels the sun touch and seep, yet ...

mijn broer deed een dunne jas aan gisteren.
blijkbaar mocht het niet.
toch deed hij het.
hij liep met zijn vrienden door het park.
ik hoorde zijn voetstappen, hun blije lachen gemengd met het getjilp van vogels.
het was geen winter meer.

vandaag doet hij weer een dunne jas aan.
maar vandaag loopt hij niet, en ...

meet me at the station
stay with me downtown,
hear the words i speak
watch me hear yours.

feel the lights flicker
and appear –
slowly
as the sun disappears.

watch my fingers twist and turn
fidgeting
reaching for yours
lacing, listening.

we are the only ones.

the station –
people come and go,
but we don’t.
it is ...

i play hide and seek, but without the seeking.
i hide up. i hide down,
far, low, wherever i feel i need to go.
and so i hide, with no requests. and so i hide.
no one passes, no one peeks.
i hide, and no one seeks.
and so i hide, no cold eyes watching ...

Roses are red ,
violets are blue,
I have a secret that you might like too.
I love piano,
I think you do,
so why don’t we play piano,
with me and you too.

wasting your days in vain again.
you’re vain and you know it to be true
but it’s only in the depths of the night
(while you waste your days)
that you truly do realize just how vain your vain is.
and so you sit
(wasting your days in vain –
again)
and think about the ...

Way up in the tree,
There is so much to see.
Millions of leaves fluttering, so free…
In the midst of it all, there’s Me.

El océano esta tranquilo
el sol esta caliente
es tiempo donde pescan
y de relajar la mente

Hermanos jugando voleibol
es tiempo de nadar
personas jugando futbol
y los hombres van a pescar

Personas pescan peces
niños juegan en la arena
personas comen sus nueces
mientras miran las ballenas

Personas tomando limonada
personas se sientan en la toalla

Su hermana se fue de su casa
su papa le pegó con el cinturón
Miguel se asusto y salió
corriendo se fue y lloró

Un día el papá de Miguel
a su familia pegó
menos a su abuelita
porque él sabía mejor

Su abuelita lo esperaría
con la chancla en un rincón
ya sabía que se enojaría

El perrito tiene un huesito
el huesito es muy chiquito
y lo agarra con su piecito
cuando lo agarra pasito a pasito

El perrito agarra su huesito
para jugar con los perritos
tan bonitos en el parquecito
el parquecito es muy bonito

El perrito juega con los perritos
y su huesito tan limpiecito
bonito, grandecito y tan ...

La luna brillante brilla
como una estrella siempre
y cuando la veo de cerca
la luna si que es muy bella

Paseo por mi ventana
cuando la luna brilla
me asombre en cuanto
y la veo por mi camilla

Cuando salgo a jugar
con mi pelota imagino
la luna redonda blanca
resplandeciente ella vino

La luna esa que ...

Viene el invierno
y hace frio
cuando todos los pájaros
se van de su nido

En el día
el sol me calienta
pero después
mi cuerpo se congela

Se acaba el frío
y viene la primavera
extraño al frío
que ya quiero que venga

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 ...

Calaverita chiquita
te vas, vete, vete
¿porqué no te vas?
1,2,3, sácate de aquí
ya no te quiero mas

Ahora quiero paz
Vete nomas

Calaverita espérame
olvida lo que te dije
por favor quédate
otra vez para jugar

¿Calaverita ya te quedas?
Si
Entonces vente, vente a jugar
Y jugamos algo mas

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 ...

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

Mi hermanito es chilloso
mi hermanito es chistoso
mi hermanito es fastidioso

Mi papá es trabajador
mi papá es constructor
mi papá está de mal humor

Mi hermanito esta dormido
pero echo un chillido
porque escucho un ruido

Mi papá fue abajo
Y vio la puerta abierta
mi papá salió afuera
y le robaron la herramienta

Mi hermanito y ...

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…

Cae un santa
cae dos o tres
navidad comienza
una y otra vez

Come galletas
una y otra vez
creo que jengibre
pide paletas otra vez

La niña se peina
como una reina
se ve como una perla
cuando alumbra
en la vela

La flor es colorada
La hacen reír
Las flores de colores
Le hacen así la la la

La flor tan bella
Tan bella como ella
Te hago una cosquilla
Brilla mas que una estrella

Tanto perfume sale de la flor
Cuando sale el sol
tanto como sale la lluvia
La flor brilla mas que la estrella

Las flores ...

Din don dan repican las campanas
din don dan repican sin cesar
su música divina
nos llama a festejar

Din don dan llegó la navidad
fiesta de alegría
de amor y de paz
din don dan hay que celebrar

Las campanas nos llaman
la fiesta va a empezar
y el compas del “din don dan”
a todos ...

My chair groans lightly as
the window does, for I
am like clouds that tumble and fall,
like a little child that has

Fallen, oh has fallen. For
the wind has knocked her flat.
Sweet music, however, she breathes deep,
and it serves as her lariat.

To bring her back to do
what she has never had ...

Alone in the dark
silver moon shines on cat paws
move on through the snow

Sunlight falls, echoing through cat furs and invisible dust drifting through the air.
An old wooden chest, hiding under a stack of quilts and blankets
Within, it holds adventures and secrets,
Playable mysteries with printed boards
and pearly dice, excitement or sometimes boredom in cardboard boxes.
The chest is far greater than what it holds,

I need my grades to go up
right now they just suck
can you give me some luck
or a buck
when i get a b,c or even d

I told my dad my grade
his smile started to fade
I told my mom my score
she always knew it was poor
I showed my grandpa ...

scraping away all of the paint
not stopping until it looks faint
useless scribbles going through my head
so many thoughts going unsaid

painting another layer with another shade

hoping people dont notice and let the mistakes fade
hoping they dont read further onto the meaning
but the signs are so obvious who am i kidding

a tortured ...

Butterfly,
Flying,
Colorful,Quiet,
Pretty,Soft,
Red,Spotless,
Dotty,Small,
Cute, Horrible,
Ladybug.

Follow me and you will see the voices

inside of we.

Everyone has a voice

inside that they can share far and wide.

The musty lighting
The crowded halls
The constant chatter
Running to my class
A typical school setting

The dim lights
On a restaurant night
The laughter and conversations
All around me
The opening shot to a dinner scene

The quiet conversations
In a room
My friends and I
Experienced by me
A casual dialogue between characters

Through the ...

Thunder strikes to the earth,
Water drizzles from the sky,
Trees rise from down beneath,
Life makes faint movement for the sky is grey.

I like to cook,
So I follow the book.
I will make this cake,
happily true.
But, don’t worry,
No, don’t worry.
‘Cause it will be for you.

He sees her
Everywhere
Drinking water in the living room
Cooking him dinner
Caring for him when he’s sick
I miss you, Allison.
Her voice again
Almost making him
Cry
I know.
Why did you leave?
I didn’t choose it.
You of all people
Should know,
I would never willingly
Leave
You.
Watering the plants ...

Through drama and pain
Through storms and rain
There is no end
Even if I’m in a fight with a friend
Everyday I have at least one hour with a smile on my face
My heart has finally found it’s place
Even if I get no answer when I call
I will not fall
I ...

poison girl.
Self portraits made out of ashes, nothing was ever truly made to last.
You wanted a snake ever since you were a little girl, did their venom call to yours? Your poor mother asked for a mouse and got a viper instead.
Inhale carcinogens, exhale something much worse, every time you open your ...

We were too close to be just friend
Maybe that’s why leaving you was so hurt

I was fall in love too deep
Maybe that’s why staying with you was so hurt

We didn’t tried to change
Maybe that’s why we could go forever

I didn’t see you since we lost in sins
Maybe that’s why seeing you ...

All these thoughts in my head
When I just want to go to bed
I question, wonder and ponder
Life that was yesterday, today, and tomorrow
I question my future,
I question my past
Scared that I’m on the path
My thoughts are scattered
Glass that has shattered
I try to leave a trail
But ...

Miro hacia abajo
Veo el mundo y
los colores de mi corazón
Veo los pájaros y
digo que hermosa es esta vida

Doy la vuelta
Veo fuego
Me voy corriendo…
hacia el agua
para que baje todo el calor

Abriendo las alas
Cayendo muy alto del cielo
Viendo los árboles
Dando mi vida y muerte

I sit in showers
Alone for hours
Keeping my brave face is harder than it seems
Keeping this smile that gleams
I can’t go back
For with myself I’ve made a pact
Fact and fiction become one
When everything weighs a ton
It took years to perfect this mask
Now hiding is my only task

Something silly comes up
Your brain hears it
Sorts it
It falls under the placement of
Giggle
You feel it
First in your stomach
Then your muscles tense
Your throat tightens
Your ears and cheeks burn
A small squeak is heard
A smile spreads
Your dimples deepen
A breath escapes
Then comes the sound
First ...

The bus is a flouncing ferry
On a sea of concrete
The bus is a talkative taxi transport
Taking us to our destination
We don’t pay
We just party on our
Crazy carriage
On our
Bouncing babbling bus

Rain brings forth all 5 senses at once
Makes them more acute
It makes you see the still, cloudy, grey sky
Treetops swaying in the tender wind
It makes you hear the babbling blue birds
Telling each other to bunker down
To protect their offspring
It makes you smell new and old life,
Beautiful bluebonnets ...

When I look over the edge…. I think
about loss and regret
When I look over the edge…I wonder
what’s down the road for me
When I look over the edge…I see
darkness and rocks
When I look over the edge…I think
what’s down there
So I stand there for a while…
When I look ...

Ripping open my present
Surprised
It’s a Rubik’s cube!
As perfect as six colors and squares.
Full of happiness and smiles
Until my little brother mix it up
Aaaaaaaaaa!!

Softly, Touching a cube,
Kindly, Talking to white squares,
Patiently, Turning yellow squares,
Mannerly, Begging to orange squares,
Finally, Fighting against blue squares

White, Yellow, Red, Orange, Blue, ...

Once upon a time,
A dark, shadowy night,
Is daylight for an owl’s sight,
An echo started it to flight.

The night-bird
Lands softly on a branch,
Its eyes the same color
From the darkness behind it.

The night-bird flies where
A child with a scar
Hands the night-flyer a letter.
The owl flies off in the ...

I’ve always wondered,
Can someone be both
An Angel and Devil?
I know someone who’s an angel,
He certainly doesn’t look like one,
He’s a kin
Who teaches me a violin,
He helps me at least a dozen times a day
And even taught me to solve a Rubix Cube.

I know someone who’s a devil,

Mornings are the worst
Kids need more sleep every day
I wish school starts late

My family started eating,
My mom came back from reading.
She says she doesn’t want to eat
And just takes her seat.

My mom goes to the refrigerator,
Asks What’s greater
Than Ice Cream?

I don’t know, I respond.
But what if it’s made of a pond?
Wish you can have it,
At least a bit.

I watch ...

Swirl to an image.
Raindrops running down the street,
A world created by me.

Life is whimsical,
Life is rocky,
Life is amazing,
Life is challenging,
Life is a present…
so don’t waste it.

The Beach

A peaceful place,
Where the fresh ocean breeze hits the rocky sand,
Where the beautiful, blue waves hit your hand,
Where the steamy sand
Soothes your soft skin,
Where you can escape from your thoughts,
And you can see,
What others cannot see,
Where you can feel,
What others cannot feel.
When you can ...

Rise
One appointment.
She was one appointment away from pushing her passion to astonishing levels.
One dancer.
One dream.
One diagnosis.
One heart broken.

They started with a surgery,
Closely followed by crutches and P.T.
But the thing that broke her,
Pushed her into mind-numbing despair,
Were the words.
Condemning her,
Taunting her.
“You can’t dance.”

Desperately, the dove raises its wings,
Using its last remaining strength to sing
A mournful swan song before it is laid to rest,
Enchanting all the creatures of the forest.

There is a beautiful individuality in the light of a life,
But there is nothing but carnage in the gleam of a knife.

A hunter trapping game ...

Night

Night oh night do you give me a fright
Night oh night let there be light
Night oh night why so dark
Night oh night have a goodnight

Night oh night look it’s the sun
The sun has risen and you have fallen
Night oh night oh night I have no more fright
Night oh night ...

It is peaceful, though an imperfect imitation,
The ocean rises as if by design or invitation.
Ascending to heights that tower over the life below,
In the depths they prepare, for somehow, they know.
The mainland knows it as well, this solemn routine,
Familiar with this nurturer and destroyer, for little lies between.
Just some ...

Marching Band

Now we could all go into a debate about
Whether marching band is a sport or not
But we’re not
Because everyone in marching band knows it’s a sport
And those who aren’t don’t get a say in it
Simply because they have no clue how hard we work
But enough about that

Marching band ...

Lost in a high castle above the shacks,
Dreaming of a plain life you want so badly back,
Tightly grasping your power, paranoia spreading,
The sun is approaching, the sun you are dreading.

Where is the beauty of youth uncorrupted?
Where is the warmth that went uninterrupted?
Where is the integrity, distaste for traitors?
Stolen by ...

Moms are the best
They can fly like the wind,
And their hair smells like
Roses and plums
They’re the special ones

Dreams
The thought gleams
An unknown story every night
All while you are snuggled up tight
A vacation from real life
Every night
Except tonight
My mind won’t take flight
It won’t let me escape
So while everybody else gets to dream
I’m more awake than I seem
Stuck in a cruel thing we ...

Midnight
Everyone else is tucked in tight
Silence fills the air
Suffocating in its stillness
Pacing, pacing, pacing
My thoughts racing
My heart going a mile a minute
There’s my bed…
I should be in it…
But I can’t sit still

Midnight
Everyone else is tucked in tight
Not a soul in sight
I roam the ...

McKinney by Larkin L

I drive for 4 hours
We pull up in a long stone driveway
I step out of the tall car
My hands full of luggage
I smell the crisp fall air
It always smells the same here
“Larkin, I’ve missed you,” I hear
“I’ve missed you too Sadie,” I say back
“Come ...

7 billion people on Earth
But you’re the one.
You’re so much to me.
My world,
Lit up
Burning with desire.
My breath,
taken away.

Heart fluttering,
Skipping beats
My stomach,
filled with butterflies.
All because of
You.

Everything about you.
Your perfect smile,
Illuminating my world.
Your laugh,
Filling my heart.
Your everything,
Making me drown.

Do we all come to be
whole and raw,
Perfectly packaged
with definite fatal flaws?
Or are we never truly ourselves
but constantly evolving
until the very end
undefined and ever changing?

Flew half way ’round the world
to find scenic views pretty and fair,
and ended up finding my forever family
with infinite memories and love to share
Plane tickets come
with hopes, dreams, and new places,
but who knew they turned strangers
into loving and familiar faces?

Tumbling through the heavens
consumed with wanderlust
Leaving behind
pretty trails of star dust
Wild, unique, and free
like a rare comet
Wherever she goes
she melts hearts like a sunset
Her celestial glow resembles the moon’s
She spreads warmth like the sun
The universe could never compare to her
She is a cosmic paradox, ...

Received with disdain
in this abominable world,
through poetry’s solace
my tempestuous spirit unfurled.
With an ink tipped sword in my hand
and a swirl of petrifying emotions in the corner of my heart
I slayed them all, word by word
till my soul laid bare in poetic art

Flowers can still grow from dry mounds
Stars shine and twinkle even on the ground
Icy hearts can melt into warmth unbound
And in the most unexpected places, love shall be found.

The cardinal struts proudly with dashing scarlet feathers,
Refusing to fly south despite the inevitable weather.
For if anyone could ward off this ancient time of snow,
Why, the cardinal could- or didn’t you know?
Mocking the mockingbirds for their wise retreat,
Desiring to join the passel of fools he saw as elite.
None of ...

This is a poem that is all about,
My favorite animal without a doubt!

Some are skinny, some are small,
Some are bulky, big and tall.

They don’t have wings, they don’t have fur,
But all very scaly, that’s for sure.

Some live on land, and some live in the sea
They swallow their prey whole, like a ...

Lost in Wonderland
Do I truly belong
where sense makes no sense
and normality is wrong?
But haven’t we all ached for a Wonderland
all along
Hoping to bid societal norms
good bye and so long?

They say she awaited her knight in shining armor
that she was destined to be rescued
But she wasn’t just a pretty little face
Here’s how the story truly ensued:
Tired of waiting in the tower so tall
She hung her hair on a hook and let the tresses fall
Down the golden mane she ...

The voices inside my head
sing different lyrics to life’s song
One tells me to dwell in strength and hope
another urges me to simply play along
One calls forward to center stage
the cold and calculative human sagacity
And one beckons with a twinge of remorse
the sensitive and senseless heart in me

Once passionate hearts, now gone astray
Our star-crossed love left to decay
“Unforgettable” memories turned old and gray
It seems only our bodies have chosen to stay

Contaminated by the touch of human hands
his blue tinge crumbled to insubstantial powder
Although the color of his wings had faded
the butterfly still flew, higher and prouder

The beauty of peace is good, is awesome

The beauty of peace is grateful, is calm

The beauty of peace is all I need, and all I could ask for

The beauty of peace is everything, and it’s all in your hands

The beauty of peace is all over

The beauty of peace is God all around

The beauty of peace, ...

A voice
although young and feeble
is as wise and seraphic
as an angel’s
If only that voice
was taught to be proud
To put forward those profundities
up front and out loud

We look in the mirror of wishes and see,
Unsatisfaction looking back on thee.
So we go out and get rich
And buy ourselves so much in which,
We wallow around and look again.
There is ourselves, still, with a silly grin.
And yet you still long,
For something is still wrong.
In your life, ...

when I take a walk
alone at night
I imagine that I
am the only one left
on this vast world
and as I walk I feel so small
the only thing that keeps
me company
are the little dots
I see above me
the empty space engulfs me
and I notice
the planets that

As sweet as can be
she loves to play by the sea
she love to chase the seagulls
and hang with the beagles

She doesn’t like the car
if she were in it she wouldn’t travel far
bitten by three rattle snakes
loves her birthday because of the cake

this dog is also very clever
I would ...

My dreams have gone,
I cannot bear –
Who knows why,
Who knows where?

I can’t explain
why they have gone –
Who knows why,
Who knows where?

Here they come,
There they go –
I cannot bear
without them here.

My dreams have gone,
I cannot bear –
Who knows why,
Who knows where?

So as I say,

Anxiety is like a fear
that’s probably what you always hear
anxiety is all in your head
yes that is what I just said
it feels more real to you
that is very true
I wish i could undo it
instead of living right through it

My Mom

A life without you is like the darkest of skies,
With no moon, no stars no meteorites.
We could not see nor do anything,
Without you, we would be nothing,

You are like the North Star, brilliant and bright,
Guiding people everywhere, all through the night.
You are also like the moon, with its luminous ...

No one can unlock the lock without a key,
And won’t get the key because it’s always with me.

Every night, when the sun finally sets, and creeps below the horizon,
She puts on her armour, a mask, so captivating, it’s what everyone fixes their eyes on.
When the clock strikes ten, just as always, she glides onto the floor,
Perfecting the steps she made yesterday, as well as the day before.
Every night, ...

Sweet
Like beets,
Red
With yellow seeds.
Hanging from their stems,
Waiting to be picked.

Why should I try
To be famous?
To ‘fit in’?
To be ‘cool’?
Why should I try
To be what I’m not
To be cold when I’m hot?
Is this what I want?
To be chained by one’s thought?
To be loved for who I’m not?
To let my value be determined what I wear?

Oceans – Deserts
Oceans
vast, deep
waving, flowing, circulating
tides, sharks, dunes, snakes
blowing, undulating, sweltering
dry, sandy
Deserts

The moon’s glow is unparalleled
yet the glow of the night sky is not hers alone
So I’ll be a small star beside you
You don’t have to shine all on your own

Whether we are as sure as night and day
Is not something that I can say
For the stars seem to twinkle with delight
At the thought of a different sort of life

Pink Is Me
Pink is my soul
It’s the sunset
And everything dear.

Pink is the healing power
Of family & friends.
Pink is school
And the glow of sunrise.
Pink is books and fairies.

Pink is me
Pink is my soul
Pink wriggles inside my heart
When someone is kind.
Pink is as warm as the ...

You’re round as a ball,
You’re available at the mall.
You’re on our Christmas trees
We sit down on our knees
To hang you we will do
A lot of stuff.
First, we’ll clear out the fluff.
It’s a race to hang you first
But don’t worry you won’t burst!

The moon rises.
See the sun set.
The sun peeks out from the clouds.
We will cry because the dead ones are far.
We will see the river.
We will be happy.

Skiing is like a roller coaster,
Controlled by your feet
Quickly slic ing down the mountain
Rapidly screaming
d
o
w
n
the hill
Without one tiny SCREECH!
The glistening piles of snow are your rails,
though much less predictable
You power down the trail,
Getting nearer to the end,
You slide to a stop ...

Pretty clothing and
Loving words
Words that make you swell with
Happiness and pride
Words that make you feel
Loved and appreciated
Words that make you feel
Lucky and desired

They’re so beautiful
Picture perfect
Their smiles so sincere
And welcome
Clothing flawless
And unwrinkled

They put on a show
For the public
Stares of envy and ...

Yo
Whats up Mr. Kagen
Whats up amigo
Im good are you a waiter
Yes sir
Ok why
Because teaching is to hard
Is it Willie
Yep
He’s not smart
Ok what is his IQ
Uhhhhhh better not say
Yikes

The bright sun shines above
Walking on the beach I so love
The cool breeze hits my face
While strolling with a steady pace
The refreshing waves CrAShInG at my feet
Where my toes and the sand meet
Oh it’s so fun to play
On a nice summer day

The longer days no longer live
The ...

The comforting thunderstorm
Was loud as my sister wasn’t comforted
BOOM! Kept coming coming as it got loud

But I wasn’t scared by the loud
Strikes that came along the thunderstorm
I was never scared as I was was comforted

I wanted to be more comforted
Sooner or later IT wasn’t loud
I said hi to the ...

head of snakes
eyes of stone
once seen as a figure of beauty,
perfection

once seen as an item
a tool
a mere toy to play with,
taken advantage of

her hair, a gift
to defend herself
against the men
the Man

her eyes, a shield
to show that she was more than
an Item
someone who is ...

I’m like a rock surrounded by sticks.
I’m different, I think.
But all the other sticks seem to not like a rock like me.
They just seem to go the other way.
They don’t even care because they have all the sticks they need.

I’m invisible to stick apparently.
Its like they don’t even hear me ...

it’s warm
and constant
like the heart
of a healer

The Sun Smiles

bright
yet calmer
then a fresh
b r e a t h

The Sun Smiles

and even when
the sun is gone
i know it is still smiling
because deep down

When I close my eyes anything is possible
But when I open my eyes I feel I cannot do anything
However today’s a new day that I can make a new choice
Today’s another day I can choose to not sleep with my dreams
but I wake up and chase them
Though the road might ...

trillions of people know the best season is winter
even though we have no snow
there’s still time for holiday cheer

the streets are full of cheer
people shout it’s finally winter
maybe someday there will be snow

frost lounges on roofs and yards, mistaken for snow
my mom bakes cookies to spread family cheer
my sister ...

There the pile of homework lies
The one thing I most despise
There seems to be no end in sight
Over and over again each night

Oh homework, I dislike you a bunch
Why do teachers assign so much?
Homework, you cause me to stress
And make my nights such a mess

Homework, you are a thorn ...

Happiness is a thing with frosting
It sits on the table and waits
It can be any color of the rainbow
It’s fun to eat, but even more to bake!

You ask what’s behind the frosting
It’s really hard to describe
So many different flavors
It makes me feel alive!

Let’s talk about the toppings
My favorite ...

Out from under the bridge like a silhouette in the distance,
Bats fly from under, they go to feed.
Darkness creeps with the moonlight.

Up at dusk, the moon won.

Out from the secret places they call home come,
Predators begin to hunt for prey.
Like a giant flashlight with its long white fingers claiming the night ...

Small boy
BIG world
The contrast is sharp,
Makes him seem unimportant, but he’s not.
Not to me, not to Reese, not to Anne Claire.

An adorable little boy,
He lived right down the street,
So fun he was to play with,
He was funny and sweet.

A voice that sounds like a smile,
A grin that ...

I feel like my whole world just ended
just like that…
I can’t do it,
without my best friend
I feel
L
O
S
T
I can’t believe she’s gone
“Meow!” I hear…
Wait
Am I hearing things?
She’s gone
Forever…

I think back.
& i don’t ever wanna feel like i did that day

Winter is a mystery
It has dark unknown things
With magical blistery
Weather and see what always brings

There are dark wonders
In this wonderful land
Where sometimes I ponder
With thoughts that may never go as planned

Sometimes you get lost
Where your mind is in light
But you are crossed
With magic that is like ...

The sea is its own world
Begging to be explored
A secret only revealed to the bravest of divers
A maze n e v e r e n d i n g

The sea is full of life
Where creatures of all shapes and sizes are welcome
Each staking out their watery territory
Finding shelter in ...

on this night
the mockingbird sleeps
and no owls wonder
who?
who?
who?

the night is quiet
like a dark house
full of sleep

the night is lit
by tiny holes in the sky
where light shines through
and the moon,
is a diamond in the sky

everything is quiet

silent.

Dear New York
You blow me away
Always flashing bright colors
But also very grey

The people walk your streets
Of mystery and color
Walking like no one is there
Bumping into each other

New York…
You take my breath away
With your gorgeous skylines
And just in every other way

Wrestling with my dad
Pushing, Laughing, Throwing
It’s all in good fun, nothing could go bad
But then it all went wrong

My foot hit the couch
Time slowed down
I fell for what felt like an eternity

THUMP!

“Aw that hurt”, I said, “Oh that really hurt”
“AAAH THAT REALLY HURTS”
My dad vaulted to the ceiling

Sadness a storm that swallows you whole
You’ll never be free
In the darkest deepest hole
You feel you cannot climb out
That makes buckets run down your face
And the water makes a lake

The water carries you up
You see the light of the sun
And the shape of a person
The water cares ...

I am Sisyphus,
Rolling a stone up a hill.
Except, my stone is different.
My stone is 7th grade.

I continue to roll my stone up every day,
and when I finish,
Night has fallen and The Stone falls back down again.

The Stone gets heavier and heavier,
Harder to push each day,
A boulder.

But there is ...

Munch, Munch, Munch!
Crunch, Crunch, Crunch!
The food we eat a bunch

When you go out for brunch
You’ll have it more than once

Pizza
The food that will give you a punch
You will eat so much you’ll have to hunch
Hunch over like you’re a old lady
Because you ate to much

You’re not hungry
But ...

As I steal the ball from the point guard I know I am going to score
The crowd roars like lions
I go up hard but them
Slam
Boom
Crash
I am lying on the slippery floor
I make the choice that I need to get up
Free throw 1, FreeThrow 2
As the other ...

Lebron James just had her first kid
Her first name was Lebrina
She was being trained to be a hospital nurse
Because at the time it was World War III
Lebron James became a stay at home mom
She played basketball
Only when had nothing to do
Lebrina grows up
She became a Nurse
She ...

Half way down Cherry St.,
Past the rundown town cellar,
Is Woodburch Clock Shop;
Run by a lady and a feller.
And late in the night,
When the man has ceased to fiddle,
He treads off to bed

And the shop moves a little.

And the coo-coo bird tweets,
And the grandfather clock scowls,
And the alarm ...

The green grass
Makes me overpass
What i think
As i blink
In the air
I don’t dare
To take a step
Because i need to prep

To get over my Fear
When i do i will start to cheer
But for now we will just wait
When i am ready to be great.

In the darkest night
Bring along the light
Hold it up and shine it bright
Don’t let darkness’ grip grow to tight
And always always do what’s right
Try for this with all your might
And soon you will take flight
Far higher than any kite
Then endless shall be your sight
To avoid evil’s ...

One Breath
Sadness is gasping for air, but finding none.
One second you’re breathing, the next…

So many questions
“Why?”
“What did she do to deserve this?”

So little time

The tall men in long white robes have left you to gather your thoughts,
But there’s too many.

“We’re here if you need anything”’
It echoes in your head.

A ...

Look around what do you see?
I see plastic destroying our seas.
Rivers and lakes are where plastic’s found;
I’ve also seen it on the ground.

Plastic kills animals as quick as can be;
Turtles and birds cannot get free.
How do we stop the awful big mess?
Let’s begin; put plastic to rest.

If you use ...

The shadows
People think of darkness
As a place of hate
Where you are sad
A place where you are lonely
Never to be loved

But it could be a place
To be your self
Never told what to do
A place that you’re difference are ok
Never to be treated like your nothing
A place ...

My sister is like a villain.
Always cruel,
and despicable,
but never kind.

She wears funky and peculiar clothing,
like no other person would wear.

She pranks me,
tattle tails on me,
and always make me look like the bad guy
even when I don’t do anything.

My sister makes fun of me,
poisons my food,
takes my ...

i am the grass underneath a tree
stuck in the shadow of the leaves
the sunlight barely shines on me
yet it illuminates the flowers next door.

i feel forgotten about
and i feel one-upped
by all the pretty flowers
who always have sunlight shining on them.

i hope that one day
someone will see
that just ...

the vibrant night sky filled with stars
the burning warm light of the raging fire
the smell of sweet warm s’mores-

gooey and creamy and delicious s’mores
under the blanket of dancing stars, like bright lights
your heart warming by the red and orange fire-

the crackle of the burning orange fire
the warmness of melted s’mores

The night sky shines so bright
From the stars that glimmer in the night
I love the way they twinkle in
the sky
Even though they fade away
I love to see them play

The way they flow through the
Sky makes me feel happy about
Life
Every day I see them I feel
Like all ...

BURNING, BURNING, BURNING
the globe spinning , spinning , spinning
burning away, yet it ...

There was a pickup game at 5
In Romper Applegate’s front drive
Applegate was muscular and tall
I knew my only chance was gonna be with the ball
First play of the game dribble dribble shot
The ball went through the middle of the pot
Then Romper got the ball and posted me up
He ...

Mommy said there was a “Big” president.
I looked at the TV
where the white house was.
I saw a giant scaly leg,
It was green,
And it looked burnt.

I asked mommy who this was.
She said they call him
MR.BIG,
Cause he is very very
VERY BIG!

I looked back at the TV
and I ...

Crying is the o e n.
c a

The deeper you go the darker it gets.
But you could also drown

-Vast and Wide-
D
O
W
N
here do questions get answers?

Wondering is flying.

How high can you go?
Until you can’t survive
Too much to think about.

AM . I . OK?

The storm is my mind.
Endless, ...

The sun is warm and yellow,
Bright and full of joy

Then the night comes-
And the light goes away-
seen again-
But not until the morning.

For when the sun hides behind
That
Dark
Wall, Whispering sh. sh. Sh.
And you are left there wondering,
why do I feel as lonely as the sea?

And then you ...

These Stones
may break bones
I may break down
when I go to my town
These ain’t my zones
I weave between cones
I got to the dirt
I messed up my shirt
I really messed up
Now I gotta go cleanup

My mom’s disappointed
I was alerted
when she found out
just a full blown ...

My fingers zoomed across cube

Solving it is easy
you just do it in steps.
Cross, F2L, OLL, PLL
Dozens of algorithms stored in my head
which I decide which is best to use.

Solving it is easy.
Solving it fast, on the other hand
is not.
Months, even years, of practice
is required to make sub-10.

My ...

Crying and grieving
When shadows occur.
Which is quite deceiving
When everything happens in a blur.

She heads out
Wishing I had said bye.
I could’ve given a SHOUT but,
Now I am left to cry.

Grieving is like a virus
That leaves aching pain
It sticks and stays in the gyrus
That keeps us from being ...

Bright lights
Dark nights
On a pullout
I can hear the dogs shout
Walking around
Cars and honking makes me frown

On a boat
I excited as ever
I’ll see the Statue of Liberty
Her copper greenish color
Puts sparkles in my eyes
The torch was so high like the skyscraper

Like a misty fog the memory

There sat a helpless little boat
on a
w v
a y

sea of emotions

l o s t

can’t find its way back to the shore
the ocean is not welcoming in the slightest
a dark sheet of clouds block off any ray of sunlight
any hope
gone
a giant wall of monstrous waves
filled with anger

Skiing is fun
snowboarding is boring
The lift is long and boring
I am impatient weighting for my brother to catch up
I see snow
I feel snow
I smell trees
I taste hot chocolate
I go to the pool after a long day
I miss my dog
The snow is bright
I like to ...

summer
with wild nights that never ended
staying up all night on the phone with my friends
traveling to states and countries i’ve never been to
not worrying about tests and essay’s
peaceful

screaming the lyrics to songs
my friends and i barely know on the car ride to six flags
having sleepovers with the same ...

Born in Scotland then forced to live in France alone and in fear,
Mary crowned at 6 days old, constantly protecting her throne,
Claim to Elizabeth’s throne in England.

Raised as illegitimate forced in a cell constantly in fear,
Crowned after Bloody Mary’s death scared of Mary claiming her throne,
Elizabeth the heart of England.

Both of ...

I Remember
I remember.
I remember when my parents looked at me for the first time.
I remember when I had my first bit of food.
I remember.
I remember when I took my first step, it felt strange feeling so high up.
I remember.
I remember when I rode my bike for the first ...

Dyslexia is like a wall
Trying to keep me out
But on the other side of the wall
There is rhyming and flying
You smell the roses and food
From the other side of the wall I hear laughter
The other side has color and excitement
My side is just dirt and empty space
Thinking ...

I start to cry, calm before the storm
Now you’ve done it my heart is torn.

Two clouds,
One cold with sadness
Another burning with hate
Form together to make
ME
A tornado fast as the flash
My screech of lightning shatters glass.
Ripping houses from the ground soaring in the air
Mom screaming at me

“What are you doing?”
Her friend asked.
“I’m playing MINECRAFT!”
She was sitting there
Still as a board.
“Hey what’s your name?”
Someone said over the mic.
“Just call me Ms. R.”
She replied.
The blanket was screaming to get off of her.
“Fine, I’ll get off of MINECRAFT!”
She said.
Thank you Ms. Random!

Speed limits…
They keep you in place
Just like parents.
Watching over you
Making sure your in place.

Surrounded with signs
Enclosed with warnings.
Around every corner
No way around it
Cant get away from it.

There to keep you safe
At all times night and day.

there I was with my best friend
my one and only
we would laugh and play
he’d follow me around like a magnet
just as it was meant to be

but…
as time passed we grew older
we were not as close
we made different friends–
our personal belongings that the other could not touch
just ...

The rain
Fell as she walked
Through the empty parking lot
The sound of the rain soothing her
Soul

It’s clear blue color
Is mocking the road
As it punches it harder
Each time a drop hits it

And as she grew older
When everything got bad
She’d go back to that parking lot
Where it rained ...

When i was small,
i was afraid of the
Demon under my bed

Now I’m tall,
and I’m afraid of the Demon in my head

She kept me up all night
The Demon

My Demon

i hid under the blankets
But i can no longer hide
from the demon in my head
I cower like a toddler
She grabbed ...

You can sail across the seven seas,
Feel the oceans wispy breeze,
Climb like a monkey from tree to tree,

Travel around the world with me,
Surf the waves of the sea,
Feel the arctics cold cold freeze,

Enjoy the outside with the bees,
Be one with the trees.

But please oh please never forget
Forever and forever

At night,
when I am cold and scared,
my grandmother comes.
She’s the only one to comfort me.

Her small, intelligent eyes,
always looking at the page of a book
with strange letters I don’t understand.
Except A, the start of my name.
Her thin, dark hair streaked with gray,
tied in a tight bun
put ...

Hawaii is a dream come true
With amazing views
We woke up to the sound of waves crashing
Swoosh
The water is like a clear crystal
The food was a ten out of ten
The sand felt like you were on the sun
But the sand was soft
The air felt fresh
The palm trees ...

imagine being
trapped in a zoo,
with all the strangers
perusing you.

imagine watching
life behind bars,
with all your dreams
entangled into jars.

imagine having
no one to turn to,
ROAR! makes your heart jump,
so loud, so true.

imagine craving
just to be free.
but maybe it’s not imagination,
maybe it’s Me.

My feet sink into the muddy grass,
I hear my pony’s feet going click clack,

When I open the gate I see his face,
Coming to greet me wild and free,

We walk to the barn to get tacked up,
His cute little face covered in muck,

My little pony:

As cute as can be,

I love seeing him,

Running…

Wild.
And.

You hang there contently listening to the wind
Not wanting to let go
Not wanting it to end
But life just goes on the stem starting to bend
You hold on to this moment
Not wanting to descend

Life is not fair
It has no merci
It will not spare
You hang on for dear life

I never stop moving
I stretch beyond the horizon
I can be peaceful and tranquil
Or I can be destructive and harmful
I am the home to many lives
I am calm and agile
The sparkling sun reflects to make me shimmer and shine
That shows off everything of mine
People come to me to ...

i left
Not expecting a new companion,
Then i saw You
You lay, peaceful as a calm lake.

i called out to You,
You came.
i found You,
We found each other.

You were my sunshine.
i loved You.
SUDDENLY,
You were taken away.

i lost You,
we lost each other.

You gracefully landed on the ground-
gliding across the lake.
Hearing nothing but silence and the
sound of water.
With elegant costumes, to beautiful
feathers, and long necks- showing
poise and grace.
But you are two faced every single
night you might fall, sweat bleed,
while underneath you are pattling,
and swishing the ...

In the dark of the night,
a bark, a bite.

The whooosh of cool night breeze,
shakes the grasses and trees.

A comforting glance from the Moon
saying: don’t worry girl, you’ll be there soon…

Granny’s silent wails
wags like wolfs tails…

I rush in and see, to my dismay,
through the forced open doors, the       wolf  ...

We are all alone
Adrift in a sea of nothingness
We reach out for help
Only to find nothing
Alone in a sad small world

We think we are safe and we can do nothing
We think we can solve all the problems
So we dream big and soar high
But Death’s cold hands reach out ...

Inspiration
Fleeting, floating,
Like a sparrow
High above my head
Its feathers thoughts and ideas wed

Inspiration
A pen to a paper
Thoughts to words and voice
A poem, a skyscraper

Inspiration
we rely on,
It is our fuel
For without it,
Life is quite dull

Inspiration
Like a dream
A sunbeam
A theme, something to write on

Inspiration

They fought for their and our freedom
It’s a debt we can’t repay
Their loyalty for the country
Gives us pride in many different ways
They got us our rights
They stopped people who told us what to do
They worked hard and won the fights
There is nothing they have to prove
Now the ...

Half fish,
Half Girl, Scales as shiny as a pearl,
In the Ocean and on land,
On the beach playing with sand,
Never can show their identity,
Why?
Let me tell you it’s a surprise!!!
Public maybe put her in an aquarium,
Maybe even in an auditorium!
Swimming around,
Touching the deep bottom ground,
Hear ...

Thunder and lightning on Halloween night
Oh! It gives me such a fright
The hooting of the owl
I can hear the zombies’ growl
The chilly wind blows
My blood flow slows
The Witches are casting spells
I can hear the graveyard’s bells
I try to go back to sleep
I can hear a meep

Green is a hopping frog on the riverbank!
Green is a tree dancing in the wind.
Green is like a praying mantis.
Green is like a flying leaves!
Green tastes lettuce crunching in my mouth!
Green smells like green frosting on a birthday cake.
Green sounds like exploding creepers!
Green feels like green spiky ...

The longhorn state is awesomely great,
The food is SO WELL ,
It is soo hard to tell,
Austin is the best,
So different than the rest,
If you want to see,
Go to corpus christi,
The sun will set,
The sun will rise,
What encounters is a surprise,
Time to go to New York ...

All I want is a dog,
A dog no bigger than a frog,
A cute little doggy that can get all soggy,
I just want a dog,
no bigger than a frog

Winter is the soft snow on my arm
Winter is the scent of warm, steamy hot chocolate on the table
Winter is the time of hats, scarves, mittens, an jackets
Winter is the time of warm and cozy socks near the fire
Winter is the festive holiday lights hanging up on walls
Winter is the ...

I opened my eyes
And then i knew
The morning rise
Wet the grass with dew
Filled with wanderlust
I left my home behind
To travel the ball of dust
With big adventures in mind
Flying on the iron bird
I was in awe
Couldn’t say a word
Of the beauty i saw
A vast ...

When you’re a kid you feel like the worst thing ever is not being able to color inside the lines
Until you realize there’s much more than choosing the right color for your picture
Life feels a lot more complicated
You feel like you’re on a constant roller coaster that’ll never end
You feel that ...

I am caring and kind
I wonder if i will become a singer
I hear a siren’s lovely song
I see a mermaid dancing in water
I want a mermaid with a blue,sparkly tail
I am caring and kind

I pretend to have a pet dog or cat
I feel happy when I see a ...

Gradually tip toeing as i feel the Christmas air,
I stepped out there and I wouldn’t dare, it’s a cold dream with a nightmare.
School was delayed, and fire was fade,
But all I could see were the clouds were grey.
The hot chocolate was
hot
But the marshmallows were
not,
I look outside and ...

Dragons swirling through the Stratosphere,
Prowling and growling ever so near.

A Breath Fire scorching from above,
melting and incinerating the ones you love.

Dragons blood thirsty with their sharp fangs,
making those who fear them go deranged.

Armored scales bring them protection,
reptilian beasts coming in your direction.

Dragons, scales, fangs, and might,
flying terrors in the night.

Dear younger me,
Hey it’s Older you
Just wanted to check in
I know you haven’t been doing well
Especially with the move and your grades
I mean they have seen better days
But trust me you’ll pull through
Even though it seems like mom is trying to start war with you
She’s just trying ...

I hear it so sweet
it fills me up complete
fills me full of joy

Wind whipping with love.
Light leaning long and lovlie.
I will love nature.

White snow fills the eye
animals hibernating
bare trees in the snow

you say an ant looks small
but that’s relative to you
the amount of matter in the universe
never tries to change

but it transforms each day
right in front of your face
the air you breath
has seen it all before

in all the instances of beauty
and all those of disdain
could have once been ...

Leaves litter the ground
falling gently from the trees
so close to winter

Life in the Clouds

When you are little
Just born anew,
You try to lift your wings.

But when in doubt of a misstep,
You cry,

But start again.

You stay under
Your mother’s safe wing,
Until your learn
To stay afloat.

When you finally
Lift your wings
And fly

You are off on your greatest
ADVENTURE!

You’re up in the air

The Author or a book
can be the narrator.
Or, the Author could
be the main character.
The Author could simply
not be in the story.
Or, the Author could
be on the sidelines
watching and waiting.
The Author could be
the villain or the hero.
The Author could
even be the puppet master
controlling ...

Pikachu loves Christmas
When he was Pikachu he loved Christmas and,
he turned into a Christmas Pokemon.
He loved cookies and the jingle bells
and the bells went, ding dong.

Black shadows. Cold. Near.
Tailing me with dark despair.
It slays happiness.

Colors
Every where
The joy you bring me
That’s why I care
It’s done
Wait no
There’s more to go

Turn
I wish i knew how, had ability to turn
Away from you and not look back to see if it
Affected you, My turning away , Walking off
I want you to miss this, and i fail to pass of
The D i s t a n c e as a gravely unfortunate turn

The Jellyfish’s glow is bright as the sun

Jellyfish are slimy like slime with too much water
Their tentacles is as sticky as maple syrup
Oh my, Oh my
Don’t let it sting you
Don’t give the jellyfish a dime
TO ME that’s a crime
They are also predators of the sea
I take a dip ...

Un día el gato salió.
Miró al cielo y miró a la luna.
El gato pensó que era un plato de leche.
Dijo-Plato de leche. No te vayas.-
Se subió al escalón más alto.
Trató de agarrarla pero no pudo.
Se fue hasta el techo para agarrarlo.
Se brincó y cayó en la alberca.
El ...

Dear the preceding generation,
Life isn’t easy, but when will it be?
Why do I suffer while others are free?
They get to stand while we’re on our knees.
They mingle and talk while we beg and plead.
“The future is yours!”
But it isn’t, not really.
We have the leftovers, all rotted and smelly,

Music is a storm
Wind, rain, lightning, thunder
All the sounds combine
It can control you
It can knock you off your feet
Music is a storm

The storm can come in different ways
Light wind, pouring rain, cracking, thunder
Then the storm passes by
Only to be started again

The driving force of nature.
Fear is not just a feeling
it’s our motivation.

We can’t survive without it.
We rely on it.
We depend on it.

Fear pushes us
to make limits.

Some say they can conquer it.
They are really only able
to hide it.

Without Fear
we are aimless
specs of nothing.
Always dying never living.

Without ...

When I was young
I was unaware of him
He used to be among
Now thoughts of him make me grim

Then I grew up
I started to really see,
A big close up
A picture of life in 3-D

Sometimes I try
To bring back an image
that I can see with my eye
Then I ...

I Wish upon a star
Up where the clouds are far

I wish I was better looking
To the point where there were modeling gigs I could be booking

I wish I was dumber and better at sports
Because all the cool kids look at me and just laugh and snort

I wish I had style and knew ...

Blue.
Blue is a color.
Blue can even be on your bed cover.
Blue is everywhere.

Blue is the color of the morning sky,
when the sun is up.
The blue sky fades as the day goes by.

I look up at the sky,
and down at the water.
When blue is the only thing I can ...

It was The Fourth of July again.
The celebration began.
With fireworks and food.
The celebration was just getting good!

But not everything ever goes as planned.
My uncle handed me fireworks that were canned.
The sparks were all fun and games until,
Everything went downhill.

All of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain in my ...

I hear sounds,
so I cry
there’s this bright light above me
I cry louder
I feel the warmth of arms,
most likely my mother
her arms are as warm as fiery candles
at midnight
then out of nowhere,
there is a BEEEEEEEEP
and her arms turn cold, and I start crying again
Oh no.

“Is ...

They take me to a room, and tell me to
Lie down on my stomach

“You have MRSA, a powerful superbug,”
“It’s very hard to treat, you’re lucky your case is mild.”

Someone offers me a pill

“It’ll make the pain go away.”

GIANT SCISSORS start cutting my flesh as if my skin is a ...

El gato y el perro van a la casa
y gritan miau, woof, miau, woof,
Luego se duermen en un tren grande en la calle
Costaditos toda la noche

The holidays we celebrate are all fun,
Like Christmas, Halloween and Thanksgiving, oh it’s so much fun!
All of these holidays are so important to us!
Easter, New Years, Saint Patrick’s Day and April fools!
My favorite holiday of all is the best! Christmas!
I love all of the food we get to eat each ...

Fun
Right
Intelligent
Exciting
Nice
Dear
Surprising
Happy
Impavid
Positive

Life’s existence is the result of incredibly
unlikely events that were certainly bound to happen.
And over millions of years life evolves towards a hopeless level of intelligence-
a mishap.
The ability to see and to think so sharply,
leaves behind incomprehensible questions that
we can only answer so partly.
What created this?
What created ...

I used to say that life is clear for me—
the crystal water of a shoreline,
bewitching blue
reflects against my face.

The water was still and tranquil,
as if it were a turquoise blanket,
the finest silk, caressing
in gentle motions.

A sapphire sky
and amber sun lay above me,
watching me meticulously.
I felt at ...

Why?
Why anything?
Why is this world still racist?
Why?
Why is this world still sexist?
Why?
Why do people think that it’s okay to put someone down for joy?
Why?
Why can people believe that global warming isn’t a problem?
Why?
Why can’t people understand that this world has issues?
Why?
Why can’t people ...

The fish swam in the light,
towards the frog who was smiling blissfully.
A chaotic war arose,
trapping them in a slippery aroma.
Smoke emerged when the two clashed,
covering the battlefield.
Emerging victorious, the frog ate the fish.
Waking up in a sweat,
the frog hopped to a cliff waiting for his next victim.

Sometimes when we rest I forget the sound
Of his voice and how it could fill a room
And next thing I know I wish to be drowned
In it complete with no sunlight to bloom

I can recall his mouth open and close
With forgotten words and forgotten tone
And suddenly the last of what’s ...

“HUT!” he yells
and the army of men he commands
promptly shuffle their feet
and the royal leather
ends up at his service

with a movement
fluid as water
and yet powerful as a thunderbolt
the royal leather travels
the galaxy
and cuts through planets
like a knife slicing bread
in spinning rotations
like the propeller ...

Listen
Here comes the tide
Rising, washing, up on the
shore.
Leaping over the boundaries
and the banks.

The sound of cries
A muffled song of long lost sailors
Hidden by the wind

A terrifying
Symphony.

Wind, sea, rain.
And the steady
Pound of the earth

Resisting

Against the waves.

Sure and steady as always
Ever drifting on.

We still survive the ...

You’re not there
Haven’t got it yet
What happens?

Disappointment spawns
Frustration which spouts
Envy which spews
Anger and
Yet

That thing you need
So desperately

You just haven’t seen it
Yet

Not a complete thought
A whisper
An unfinished poem
Or a rushed plan or
A hurried idea

So far but so
Close.

Its
Untouchable

That thing
Something in the back of your mind
That thing that you can’t quite remember

That one word
That is perfect but
Indescribable

Completes the thought but not the
Process
Settles the game but doesn’t quite
End it.

Untouchable
You’ll never find it.
Its always just out of reach.

America, land of the rich and powerful.

Streets shattered, dilapidated, worn by corruption and false truths
Homes collapsing, education dwindling
Politicians wearing the sin of greed proudly

Light diluted by an unpleasant sight
Halls filled with lobbyists, keeping one goal in mind
Seen as collection of dolls bound to a corrupt puppeteer
One that cuts the string ...

Black is the night, silky smooth.
Black is a heart turned to stone.
Black is a purple Martin sitting in the shade.
Black is the smell of ash.
Black is silence before the storm.
Watching…
Waiting…
BOOM! CRACK!
A thundercloud black.
I stand in awe of this color.
Black.

Morning sky so beautiful
I get out my bed and leave the cubical
Let me change this up
Poetry can kinda be corny
But for your information it’s really enjoying
I know i’m a 14 year old and I love poetry
Because it reminds me of music and being hippy
Now voices and visions everyone ...

Straws are a wonder, they give many questions
Do straws have 2 holes or 1 or is there more
They can be long or short, metal or plastic
They can be big or small, they can be any color
They can be zig zag…straight …any shape
The can be super bendy or not bendy at ...

Fannin made a bad choice of not retreating fast enough
So when he did retreat, it was too late.
We all got captured by General Urrea and his men
He wanted to let us go
But Santa Anna said

“NO”
Kill them all
So there were were in cells with no food
Like sheep, locked up ...

Will our world ever be EQUAL,
We are constantly judged,
For who we are.

But who we are can’t be changed,
We are still all the same,
Just shown in different ways.

But it doesn’t matter how you are shown,
We are all still human,
We are all still one,

And we all deserve to be EQUAL.

Fall is a sunset,

Growing cooler
but not yet cold.

The blue of the sky before
As brilliant and bold,
As the green of the leaves
Before they grow old.

Then, caught off guard,
BEHOLD
Leaves burst into color,
Red, orange and gold.
Wind plucking them from the trees
Blowing them around, uncontrolled.
A whirlwind of color
Too ...

Music is like an escape from reality
It enchants me with its musicality.
The blare of the trumpet, the beat of the drum
Tuning out the world, I sing and I hum.

The rhythm still is beating, the music is still going
The music never stops flowing
Through the air and in my bones
With different ...

Mess
was everywhere
Up and down
Where ever you
Looked you see trash
One day the custodian got
Tired of all the
trash
And disrespect so he
Decided to
Quit
Then the next day at school the principal
Came to my
Class and said
“Say hello to your new custodian”
The new custodian had a

I feel like I am in a cage
Stuck wanting to leave.
Having the urge to escape
And see the outdoors.

I know what is best.
But I know it won’t hurt
Just a peek of glory.
I have the whole world to see.

As I open the gate
The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen
The ...

It all starts when the trees become abandoned
by their sole companions

When the warmth evacuates,
and the air becomes filled with frigid flakes

The ground has been bleached,
with the frosted tears of the sky

The wind seems to sigh,
while the crisp leaves
Dance
as if in a
Trance

The lights are strung
Illuminating the town in ...

A grape is like a racer
So small yet so yet so big
They race to their freedom
Cause they want to be free
And when they feel ...

The pine trees rustle as you hurried across the sky
With crackling from the movement of dry leaves
Like dry sandpaper rubbing against wood
You are howling as if you were a wolf
Swirling around as if you were a Van Gogh painting
Once I let go of my kite
You take her away from ...

I wear my fuzzy jacket,
to stay away from the cold,
“Slurp”, I stand at my bus stop drinking hot tea.

Once I arrive at school, which I call jail, I put away my hot tea,
taking off my jacket,
as it is no longer cold.

When school is over I put on my fuzzy jacket,
and ...

A Minion as a HEB shopper.
Screaming down the isles (AHHHH!)
Eating the bananas 1 by 1.
Going under people like small ants going under a huge log.

About to check out but sees a teddy bear.
Runs to the teddy bear.
Yelling and causing a commotion.

Calls his friends.
More like 200 of them.
Pushing down ...

Splish!
Splash!
Splosh!
Every kid throwing
and dropping
food

“STOP!”

A voice from a corner said
It was a man in a yellow suit and bucket hat covering his face
he had a bucket and and a mop

“Who are you?”
A voice barely audible said in the corner of the room
“Custodian K.”
“That sounds like ...

He is no flower, not a cloud.
Not even rain or fear.
He’s not inspiring to crowd.
His story – you will never hear.
He’s seen some pretty scary stuff, though.
Made fifteen lovely things.
And he survived not once, but twice.
He’s angel without wings.
To me, he is great, he does not judge. ...

Football
My name is Alex
I play football
Its something I love
The field is where I live

The smell of the turf
The cheering fans
I get goosebumps
From the drums in the band

Every friday
We play out there
Shutouts and blowouts
Wins and losses we share

The good teams
And the bad
The field
Guides ...

a feather thats worn out
a nerf ball thats been chewed
a mouse thats long overdue
half of a shoe string
a fuzzy ball that is no longer fuzzy
a unicorn stuffed animal
a feather attached to a rod
a laser pointer
potato with a lot of catnip
a glove thats the size of you

Basketball is like a dance
A routine you never forget
Bam! Slam! Wam!
Sounds you hear from both worlds

The ball flies through the air
A dancer performing their best moves
The precision of each step
They each try to make their own perfectly perfect pirouette

The perfect perfection in both worlds
One mistake could cost you ...

I am FULL of seasons
Too much to hold in
The sun smiles down on me
The sun beating me
Once was fun, now replaced with none

As the leaves f , I lose brain cells
a
l
l
The time I have dreaded has been called upon
“Did I read my summer book?”,”I forgot my ...

The Wind and the lead

The next to me friend.

“Hi, how are you today?”
“Don’t talk to me”
“Excuse Me?”
The hairdresser was
As mad as a bear.

The hairdresser sat
The customer down.
“What would you like today?”
“Just bleach my hair Idiot”.
“HEY, DON’T EVER TALK TO ME LIKE THAT”.

The customer rolls her eyes and says,
“ Your wearing a hat and sunglasses,

We line up at the line of scrimmage staring into the other opposing wall’s eyes like lasers
HIKE yells the qb
we take off in an instant shooting past the line
find the rb
go in for the kill
boom a block from the back
a foul!
An attack!
But I get back up
find ...

I almost never HEAR THEM anymore,
No MORE CREAKING and shaking
No more slamming of my door,
Only vents shaking and my house quaking.
I never hear anymore “SHHHHH”,
I never hear THEY’RE BREATHING.
I never have the delusion of light streaming through my windows.
No more slowly closing the door and turning on the ...

The room is cold.
My head aches
From the slicked back bun.
But i’ve been ready for my whole life
To perform.

We walk onto stage,
Me and my team,
Into the pitch black darkness.
My bare feet against the smooth black floor.
I find my starting position.

My headache and goosebumps
Are soon replaced
With a ...

I love going to the ocean.
So much the sand feels so hot because of the sun
Splash I jump into the waves.

While I was getting up I got pushed down by the waves
It felt like somebody pushed me down I got up and I saw a jelly fish in the ocean.
I went ...

You look at your watch
thinking its too late
and sprint to the hospital
hoping for a clean slate

You walk into room 93
it seems you didn’t run fast enough

because what you see
is your grandfather has past
The monitor is flat

Now all thats left is only a seed
that will grow up to be

My little tiny white dog when we
got he she looked like a rat,

My puppy was running,jumping,
peeing everywhere she is so energetic,

My puppy is now one she is softer than a pillow
She is so fluffy.

My puppy’s eyes are 2 clean diamonds staring at you,
She is fluffy as a soft blanket,

One time outside ...

Most people hate,
But I Love
As much as they
Love breaks!

I like to read,and do
math , they like to sit on their
Phones all day long
When I sit and work they sit
And talk for hours and hours
You can hear the clock
Going Tick,Tock

School is my happy place
Where I study ...

football is like a battle field
practice is like preparing for troops for battle
when the qb calls his cadence it is like the start of a battle
when you get knocked down you have to get back up

They say something evil lurks,
Deep in the woods.
Something with no soul or face.
Something I never understood.

So I left the town,
With its quiet little streets.
On the way to something
I still regret to meet.

“That forest contains something evil,”
My father had once said.
“It eats up your soul until
It’s full ...

My cat
is my everything,
my softest friend,
my cuddliest companion,
my buddy to no end.
the cat who is spoiled,
every night with a treat,
the best wake up call,
always there when it’s time to eat.
when you get home she’ll welcome you happily,

a sweet little greeting,
when you’ve had a long day,

Cold is like a criminal,
the sun captured in the dark of night.
As the cold breeze,
quietly sneaks in.
The warmth stolen,
by a bandit at night.
So out of sight.

Like a sluth,
stealing treasure.
Oh…
My treasure is the
Sun.

I looked out the window to find
A winter wonderland that shined
Tiny white specks falling from the sky
That shimmered in the light

The sight made me smile
So I watched the white glitter for a while
Like powdered sugar
Coating the surface in a soft white layer

I sink into the white landscape
making a ...

My generation is Worthless, greedy and dumb
No one will ever say
We amounted to something
I know that
Everyone only wants what’s best for ourselves
Not
To help other people
We strive
To Buy things to just make us happy
We never try
To work hard and accomplish things
We love
To steal and ...

Mr. Kagan marched to his car,
Would his job take him far,
He is an Uber driver,
He is one of the best jivers,
The first person arrives at noon,
Mr. Kagan gets to her super soon,
He was in the military,
He has a pet named Gary,
Bobs his head to a song,
He ...

I looked at my phone and saw
That the purple sparkly Minivan
My Uber driver was in
Had just arrived
I didn’t think much of it.

The car pulled up and I
Opened the door and saw
Dora The Explorer
“¡Hola! Soy Dora!” she said.
I was shocked
“Vámonos, let’s go!” she said.
I hate Dora,

“Who are you?”
“Why are you purple?”
“Why do you look like a dried plum?”
“Why are there stones on your hand?”
The insults roared through the field like a wind breeze
He tried to block it out
But he couldn’t
His anger boiled and boiled
Sooner than later it was about to turn 212 ...

I hear the leaves rustling
I love listening to the soothing wind
I open my eyes and see the falling leaves.

The sakura tree has beautiful leaves
That are pink and bold leaves that keep rustling
Which fall as slowly as feathers and quiet like the wind.

With its dying breath the the light leaf gets lost ...

After taking out the nuggets
They are nice and warm
So golden and hot to the touch
I put my ear next to them and can hear the sizzles
Of the Nuggets
Yum yum

I can feel the
S
T
E
A
M
Coming from the nuggets
As I bite into them
The taste of crispy, ...

the cool gentle breeze of the Wind
waltzed through the Leaves in the Trees
as Clouds swam across the sky

darker than black was the sky
the HOWLING Wind
YANKED! at leaves in the trees

barren of Leaves the trees
looked to the Cloud free sky
then to the non-existent Wind

one day the Clouds in the sky,

After it happened, I had to give everything to calamity
I was so close to what I wanted for myself, but I lost.
I walk up to what used to be a city, it’s a flame.

After Calamity arose, there’s only ash, only flame
I remember what happened perfectly, the day of calamity.
That day I ...

The Sun is as bright as fire next to your face,
except for the fact that it’s in space.
When you’re in the fog you feel lost,
it feels humid, and like frost.

Rocks resemble a dog sleeping,
they don’t move and if I was a rock I’d be weeping.
A tree trunk resemble legs,
it ...

Animals are not our property
Animals are peaceful and calm
Like stars in the night
If you do not hurt them, they won’t bite
They range from big to small
From kangaroos, lions, and pigs
But I don’t know all the ones that like to dig
I did not know all the animal sounds
But ...

The time I got called to the Principle
I swear my body shrank
I wanted to just disappear
There was no one in the world
that I would rather not meet
When I went into his office
I was really quite surprised
I didn’t know if he even had eyes
They were the shape of ...

“Tic-toc”

“Ding ding ding”
Time goes by
The roaring clock
Strikes 3 am
Then 3 months
Then 3 years

still in the same room
The same bed
The same tv

But today is different
A letter
In the mail
Labeled important

Its from the place down the street
From Harvard University

“click”
the door opens
Then a roar of applause

The
R
O
C
K
Is so smooth on the outside
So cold like
S
N
O
W
The
R
O
C
K
So sharp like a
K
N
I
F
E
Not like others
The
R
O
C
K
Standing out like when kids
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other kids
So beautiful like ...

Fall
The time of year when…

Leaves float from the branches

Brown
Gold
And Orange
Fill my head

Trees sway in the cool wind
And birds chirp happily

Sweaters and sweatpants warm my body
Like my own personal heaters

The days go by so fast
And the nights seem to never end

And as I sit here I wonder
If fall ...

Peering around the corner,
I see the face of a monster.

I freeze.

Dark, demonic eyes look at me,
Like the moon staring at you in the night sky.
This thing,
Is ready to attack.

Escalating with intensity,
A deep growl warns me,
Of what is to come.

The ominous sound peaks,
As it lunges at me.
Im knocked ...

life is like the wind
it’ll blow you down
until It has you pinned
stuck on the ground

knocks you to your feet
creates a violent storm
covers up your sights
looses what you’re looking for

Or

it blows through your hair
and tickles your skin
makes you laugh
and feel happy again

replenishes your air
gives a good ...

The lights are super bright
You enter the game they call life
“No more than a foot tall” they say is your height,
You meet your daddy and his wife

You shake it, it wiggles
Your first tooth came out, “Ah!” You let out a holler
You let out a few giggles
You receive your first ...

Life is quickly moving
a never-ceasing race
where each and every one of us
is fighting for first place

But maybe if we paused
if even just to breathe
we might begin to notice
All the Little Things

If you look you’ll find them
safely tucked away
snuggled up in secret corners
untouched by the chaos called ...

I walk into the classroom
And see a big purple man,
With what appears as a big gold oven mitt
On his hand

THANOS whispers to himself “I DON’T GET PAID ENOUGH”,
He starts of by getting himself “I AM THANOS” but
THE CLASS IGNORED HIM
Because of THANOS’S short temperature he YELLED, “I DON’T GET

“I’m here for my appointment.”
“Ok go to Dr. A’s room.”
The man walks to Dr. A’s room

“Oh there is a fruit basket.”
The man takes the only apple,
And bite into the apple.

“Ahhhhhhhh!”
“Who’s there?!”
“Down here!”
The man looks at the floor.
“NO YOUR HAND!”
“Oh you’re an apple?”
“YES I’M AN APPLE!!!”

she found herself
in a dark forest
fog
It surrounded her,
A steady breeze going whoosh
she looked around,
but only saw darkness
darkness that seemed to go on forever.

Her growing anxiety
was like a flame of fear
Why was she here?
But to her surprise,
Someone appeared
She knew she couldn’t fight.
But still, ...

Winter is a snow globe,
isolating you in its icy sphere
and a white blanket of snow.

Spring trapped beneath its ice
wanting to be let free.
Nature and all of its life plea,
̈ Melt, you white cold beast,
so the sun can feast on our colors
and demolish the wrapping of snow.¨

Slushing through the ...

The cool breeze
The light rain,
Will wash my tears
Right away.

Was at home,
Now i’m not.
I’m in the car
That is pretty hot.

So many memories
In the walls
I don’t want to leave
At all.

Goodbye old,
Hello new.
Have to leave
To move away.
I will always remember
And
Never forget

Goodbye and hello.

In the sky, lays a blanket of clouds.
Moving faster with each passing second…
Wind blows like the strong waves on the ocean.
Wiping the remaining positives out of your life.
Rocks pound from the sky.
And bury you to the head.
Making it seem impossible to live anymore.

Open your eyes.
The sun is back.

A snake with legs is a Lizard
If it grows its a Dino
If it sprouts wings its a Dragon

The terror of myths is a Dragon
The scaly pet is a Lizard
The old king is a Dino

Roar!the top of the food chain the Dino
Rushing rapidly round red rotting prey the Dragon
Running like ...

I love the Country
there is always a Bird Chirping
there is the loud ROAR of an engine from a Godecart,

the only thing moving fast is the Godecarts
the wind howls in the slow rolling Country
The wind calms when peaceful Birds Chirp,

the soothing sound of Birds Chirping
the loud ROARING of the Godecart
all ...

The glistening trees
by the shimmering lake,
frozen solid with nowhere to go.
The snowy embrace of Mother Nature
engulfing me and you.

The sunlight glistens
while the snow dances
down
down
it falls.

The icicles drip off the trees,
slowly melting down.
drip
drip
drip it goes
puddling on the ground.

Slowly all the snow melts
underneath ...

Math

Math is the equation to life
It gets you places that you couldn’t go at first
It may be a challenging thing
And also very LLLLLLOOOOOONNNNNNGGGG
But it will pay off in the endgame
Math is a 1 million piece puzzle
There are so many pieces
Finding the edges is like learning the basic math ...

Its finally that time of the year for the best season fall.
Where I get to see all those colorful pretty leaves.
Just as fun as feeling that nice cold breeze.

After all these hot months i really did miss a cool breeze.
Now while I’m running around happy knowing it’s fall.
I can finally hop ...

Your Coach screaming across the field “run”
while your in outfield tracing down the hit
when you have to sprint up field to make the catch

Then your teammate makes the catch,
All hard work wasted, but now you have to run
down field to the dugout, now I’m up,swing, and it’s a hit

The ball traveling ...

Long and strong are your branches
Each one its own home
For a new kind of wildlife

Birds tend their nests among other wildlife
Tucked away in your broad branches
A home within a home

Every animal has their own personal home
But the widespread wildlife
Prefers your extensive reaching branches

Whoosh! The winter winds will soon chill ...

Leaves were falling
Birds are calling

Kids overby the river
With a huge shiver

The breeze as strong as a tornado
WIth a large blow

Friends playing in the leaves
Wearing long sleeves

Tree branches hitting the window
I didn’t know it was mine though

Hello Fall, goodbye summer!
Starting school is a bummer

The wind sounded like a SWOOSH
And ...

There it was
In the dark corner.
No teacher in sight
31 kids going nuts
In that corner
A red beam
And back to nothing
The beam was gone
Heavy breathing
Then a cape
Next two feet
A helmet matte black
The marker mysteriously moving
After it was done
The board said
Your substitute teacher ...

The year starts off,
In an
Icy,
Cold,
Fridge.
Freezing,
Like a
Cold,
Wet,
Cave, isolated from everyone else.

The fridge door opens,
Cold air rushing out,
escaping from the cold prison.
Warm air crawling in,
exploring the new space,
seeking for more.

Slowly, creeping in
little
By
little.
Until the fridge warms up.
The sun shining ...

Why Cows?

Why am I thinking
About cows?
They don’t have
Anything cool in
Them,Do they?

All they do is help us eat.
Why do we make them in to food.
Mmm… one extra cheesy burger please.
More like one extra cheesy cow please

Who came up with the idea of cooking cows?
When you think about it, ...

The Forest In My Head

a forest grew that night

my walls now trees

waving hello, having just been g r o w n

fifty years in five seconds

and as i sit on this bed of leaves

Imagining.

the wind curls around me

blowing the moss that

hangs from the curtain racks

the rug is grass

fresh and soft

covered in dew

a ...

I feel the rush of competition
the power of speed
I am the king of the spin

all the fighters spin
in this raging competition,
in the last moments of speed

BANG! BANG! No more speed
BANG! BANG! No more spin
the endlessly hot coals of competition

The final moments of spin and speed, the hot coals of ...

“ Who are you”
“ Why are you so BIG”
Exclaimed the football player.
“Mggikrfnirhnfnjfb”
“We have a game in an hour, did you just grow a foot how BIG are you”
“Let’s go hope you do good”

(After the game)
“ 38 TACKLES THAT IS AN NFL RECORD!”
“Mhnjejknrjfjf”
“ I wish I were that ...

The wind howls as the night approaches
And the night sky darkens,
As the noises of the night start

Frogs croak
Owls hoo
Crickets creet
and coyotes howl

I feel the coolness
Entering through my open window
The coolness chills me
But it’s refreshing

As i sit I realize
How nice the night time is
All stress is ...

Jingle Jingle
It’s getting closer
Jingle Jingle
What could it be

Meow
My cat walks in
“Phew it’s just you”
I was so relieved

Keh Keh
Oh no is he
Bleck
“ ew Buddy”

Throw up all over the floor
Now I face a new threat
Cleaning up

I was overjoyed when I found out
Sitting in our car about to shout
Tears streaming down my eyes
What a tremendous surprise!

Once we had finally arrived
After a 45 minute drive
We went by all the gates
Till we reached the last crate

And finally there he silently sat
And I gave him a little ...

School is crazy, everybody running
Around trying to get from place to place getting mad
At passerbyers, sifting through the halls.

School is cramped, halls
Always filled with students casing, running,
Crying, tagging everybody’s going mad

Students are rude, bumping into you, mad,
as if you are to blame, then storming through the halls
On and on, ...

Your submerged you can’t breathe
Its an overwhelming feeling
Beautiful yet dangerous
You struggle to move
And quickly tire.

Soon you panic
You hear loud noises coming at you
You wave your arms and cry
Then you are lifted out of the water
Dad is looking at you scared and yelling

Now your here on live tv.

Hiss drip, hiss drip, hiss drip
you can hear the water from the air
You cant see anything inside just like a dream Just you and the fog
anything could happen

You can be a knight or a dragon You can be
in a Jungle were the trees are waving at you
Plus you can have ...

The sun is your friend

The sun is a friend
It’s warm and familiar
But when it goes away
The rain comes
Cold and distant
Tragic and unforgiving
Dark and lonely

A friend comes and goes
The sun rotates behind the moon
They both leave to soon
But come around another day

No matter where you go
Even ...

Where I’m From

I am from Hogwarts,
From gryffindor common room.
I’m from moaning myrtle’s bathroom,
From the polyjuice potion.

I’m from two muggle parents,
From one muggle “brother.”
I’m from the cupboard,
Under the stairs.
I’m from the zoo,
Where i talked to the snake.

I’m from the quidditch pitch,
Where we beat Slytherin and Hufflepuff.
From ...

“You can go, you can go”.
Friday
Free dress day
No cruddy uniform

My turn,
I was wearing leggings,
“You can go,
WAIT”.

“You need to change”
Embarrassed,
Mom was called,
Meeting with “Her”

Mom asked questions,
Dress code questions,
2 times before,
I had worn leggings

Time skip
2 weeks later
Friday
Free dress day

My friends,
Littler,
Skinnier,

It’s dark.
Like really dark.
So dark I feel trapped underwater drowning.

The damp moss is making my skin wet,
Its frigid feeling crawling up my legs.
The moss is salty and wet,

The mist around hangs with my tears.
Making the room cool,
Sending chills up my spine.

Millions of shadows loom over me,
Not real people,

The ocean breeze blew in my face
Filling my nose with a salty smell
The summer sun would shine all day
Until it finally fell

Then the sun was unlocked by a key
And it would shine as proud as a queen
The waves pulled in treatures lost in the sea
Waiting to be found by ...

And so this is Christmas
The world’s upside down
Overflowing with cheer
Presents are found

The trees are gleaming
Merry Christmas playing too loud
Untangling strands of lights
A sleigh high in the clouds

The stockings first
Then you head to the tree
The lights so bright
The present with the the red bow, Just for me

Christmas ...

The clouds were feather pillows
resting on the blue bed sheet
inside of the pillow
in a little boys room
flying high with joy
with the softness
of the white cotton
forming shapes in the sky
The warm puffy stuff
in the cuddly sky
and the delicate little
feather on the bed
come together tonight

The girl outside the window sat there
SHE SAT THERE mesmerized
By the rain
Drip

Drip

Drip
As she sat there
A smile
Tugged at her bleeding lips
The longer she sat there
More stories filled her eyes
A man yelled something at her
An she stop sitting in the
Rain
The storys in her eyes
Retreated ...

Young One.
Just know at one point,
Life will seem hard,
Nothing works as it used to,
Nothing is the same.
Just remember,
The world hasn’t stopped spinning and twirling,
The stars have yet to fall from the Heavens,
And your big sister is always looking out for you.
Little one,
Please don’t forget that ...

2 hour drive
To a place with mountains
And giant rocks
Filled with nature

I didin’t have high hopes
I like to stay inside
But this trip changed my mind
Something I haven’t experienced before

The feeling of outdoors
Filled my heart
Made me energized
Ready to go further

As we climbed higher and higher
The wind blew ...

The Heavy rain pounded
On the window frame
Through the night
Everything seemed to stay the same

Then suddenly a stop, a halt
Silence all throughout the house
Then white flakes
Fell, tiptoeing silent as a mouse

The frozen drops, white as paper
Fell on the grass
As ice reached out,
Covering the glass

Reaching out for something ...

She walks into the woods
As the leaves go
“Crunch crunch crunch.”

She looks down at her dog.
“Good boy blue.’’
She starts running with the
Wind blowing in her hair.

She stops as she hears leaves
Rustling up ahead.
‘’BOOM BOOM BOOM’’
She hears a gunshot up ahead.

A fox swiftly runs past.
“Blue come back!”
“Oh ...

As I got out of the car
I smelt the pine
My family and I walked over to check in but,
we had to wait in line

Once we got in the park
We found the one
My family and I walked over to it and,
It was bright like the sun

Once we chopped it down

Snap!

The wind was blowing in the air
The owls with a death-like stare
The water flowing down below
As calm, as a young doe

My legs hanging off the tree
In the wind, free as could be
I lay there on my branch
Overlooking my granddad’s ranch

After an hour that seemed like a day
My branch ...

When you’re young
You don’t know
But we
Get
Louder
And we get
Bigger and we
Know things we
Didn’t before
We grow
No
Matter what
We wanted to do
You look back to your
younger you and you
Think whatever
Happened
To me
That
I
have
Changed
So much i can’t
Even believe the

I went through a sea of emotions
From happy to sad
A sailor with no sail on the boat

It started on the trip
Everything was fine
Then
Then the call
The call that brought tears to my families eyes
Enough tears to fill a pond
My heart thumped with every second
THUMP THUMP
THUMP THUMP

Our ...

“Go Go Go”
“Run Run”
“Thanks coach”
“WhAt SHouLd wE cAll YoU”
“Coach K”
He wore a bright yellow collared shirt
and short brown wavy hair
“Game time” yelled coach
“Your the best baseball coach ever”
The little kids yelled
The kids got destroyed
Mr Kagen screamed
He ripped his shirt off
Everyone screamed and ...

Thor’s Baseball Game

If Thor played baseball,
He would win every time,
He would hit a home run
Over and over again.

The ball would go so fast
It would go over the fence
And around the world,
And over again.

All the kids would ask
“How are you so good?”
Thor would say
“I play every day.”

The ...

Anxiety

new friend
more attention
new rumours
new clothes
new life ahead
For her at least

squished
pushed
even ignored
anxiety grabbing
and back stabbing
me
Until I stop breathing

people believe her
don’t believe the truth
but believe her lies
All the time

Let it all out
They say
But it always comes back
Again another day

jokes she ...

Click, Click, Splash
My heals click, click down the hall
Although I should be at the ball
I pass out salty crackers
Most people compliment my dress
I start to pass out drinks
A lady in a calm yellow dress asks for coke
I go to get the coke
My heals click, click down the ...

Oh brother, your so bad
You’re the biggest drag
You like to play games
You’re favorite is tag
You aren’t the best at dressing
You dress like a rag

But you are still really funny
Your grammar is so funny it’s actually ugly
Even though you’re bad
You’re still the best
Little brother
…….
…….
…….

“Who is he?”
“Is he a new student?”
The new student says, “Hi I’m Jeremy, I am a new student at this school.”
Everyone starts laughing because he looks like an actual pine cone
They actually laugh so hard that most of their faces turn into a cherry
Jeremy quite frankly did not like this ...

Dear society,

Did you notice you are
Hurting people?
Did you notice you
Starve people?
Did you notice you tell people to
Pull the trigger?
Did you notice that you drew a line between
Pretty and not?
Did you notice that even the
Sunshine
Has lost its brightness?

Do you notice the
Depression
You create?
Do you ...

The sweet smell of grill smoke.
The crisp blue lake.
The red glazed ribs
And creamy soft heaven we call coleslaw.
And the soft white cream corn.
The splash of the water.
The smell of the sausage and brisket
So sweet and smoky
So crumbly and crisp .
The night sky flown over like a ...

I see nothing but
White
and icy flakes
going as fast as a rocket
down a vast vast hill

as I race down the long, lasting
Lively, hill i see objects
Wizz past me

I look down at my shaky legs
On the soft abundant powder
And the wind pushes me forward
Screaming at me

I’M GOING TO ...

Spin
I’m from the ships I fly,
I’m from the defect and the nowhere,
I’m from the life buster bombs
I’m from the caverns of Igneous and my ship M-bot
I’m from the alien krell
I’m from my dad and my mom
I’m from my friend Rodge
I’m from my teacher Cobb
From “ Get ...

Butterflies and bees
Bouncing from flower to flower
Breathing deep with every hour
Beaming with joy, without any worries

She soars high
Sadness and grief
Someday I hope to reach
She’s in the clouds in the sky