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LIFE
By: BRITTNEY, grade 10
WHEN YOU WAKE UP TO A THOUSAND brands && THERE'S NOTHING LEFT BUT FAKENESS? && FOR A SECOND YOU DONT REALIZE THAT EVERYONE YOU OPENED UP TO WASNT REAL.THAT DEEP BLACK HOLE IN YOUR HEART IS TELLING YOU THAT THIS ISNT REAL.BUT WHEN IT ALL FALLS DOWN YOU NOT GOING TO FORGET THAT THEY WERENT REAL.
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By: SARA, grade 10
WHAT MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND?
MONEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Forgiveness
By: Jessica, grade 11
You got her wrapped around your little finger...
So many hopes wasted...but your love still lingers...
Another fight...another night...
Theres nothing left to give..
Changing her ways..forgetting loved one..its her newest way to live..
No more drinks..no more smokes..
Only bitter sweet words..holding her tightly till she chokes..
And then it all crashes down..
Losing the love..the only thing shes found...
Feelings change and words are left unspoken..
Promises kept by lies...finally broken
And all thats left is three single words..
Clentching her shirt waiting for them to be heard...
Slowly as he trembles..the words finally come out..
I love you I Love you.. thats what its all about..
Your hands shake because you know its true..
Biting your lip and shaking your head you just wanna be through
But theres always something that keeps you hanging on..
Something so strange..and you dont want want him gone..
You slowly get up and walks closer as he pleads
Hugg him tight as he falls to his knees..
The tears fall from your eyes as you stand there wonder..
Exactly what it is about him that cures your hunger...
Maybe you love him just a little too much..
Maybe its within you his life he trust...
Or maybe theres just something..so simple there..
We both know he'll always care..
No matter what goes wrong..
You both stay strong..
And at the end of the day..you both know..where your hearts belong..
And you both know..you could never live apart not even a second would be too long..
nightness
By: Tania, grade 8
close your eyes
reach up to the sky
feel the snowflakes
that fall on your hands
laying in the snow
moonlight casting
an eerily calm glow
tonight, this night
of peace
of quiet
wondering why
things happen
like they do
like a song
that you hear
carried by the Winds
calling your name
you know
no place
to begin
to cry
your tears
that seemingly fall
from the sky.
nightness.
Dark knight
By: Sara, grade 8
The dark knight spreads his wings in open flight
Love At First Sight
By: Chance, grade 12
With the start of each new day
I find myself thinking of you...
In the middle of my busy day,
my mind wanders and I think of you...
Life is beautiful now because I fall in love all over again each time I think of you.
Nancy Drew Mysteries
By: Kiana, grade 7th
Nancy Drew is a
Mystery lover she is
Observantly a wonserful person
my life
By: jessica, age 13
life is like a deep dark,dark hole of fire burning slowly inside of me!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our World
By: Belinda, grade 12
Been through all the notions
Half-hearted emotions
And wistful thoughts in my head.
Wounds left wide open
With no soothing lotion
Just left to bleed there instead.
But while we're all crying,
Emotionally dying
And waiting for life to begin
The dream pool is drying
And nobody's trying
To cure the sickness we're in
The greeds magnifying
Families multiplying
With an addition to the lies we conceive.
And the sadness is multiplying
But we're still denying
Everything we don't want to believe
The disasters amplifying
And the governments hiding
Filtered information is all we receive.
Faiths slowly sliding
And nobody's confiding
Because there's no one left to confide in.
It's not very magic
In fact its quite tragic
How we're fooled by the same tricks to begin.
But while we're all playing a game of our own
It's impossible for anyone to win.
We should all come together
It's not a matter of whether
Our points of views match to a tee.
We could be peaceful forever
And endure whatever
We could all live so happily.
Love
By: Belinda, grade 12
It's hard to find to find the words to say
To tell you how I feel
It's hard to write on paper
The emotions that are real.
So I'll try my very best
To explain these things to you
Hopefully you'll understand
By the time I'm through
First it's like this little flutter
Like a heart skip in my chest.
My stomach does little somersaults
Before butterflies start to infest
Then, it's like someone turned a switch on
Suddenly everything's filled with light
The darkness suddenly disappears
As my world turns amazingly bright.
I feel this feeling spread over my body
My whole face starts to smile
I get this incredible adrenaline rush
But it only lasts for a while
Its funny, but I only get these symptoms.
Whenever you're nearby.
Maybe it's something catching, a disease,
I honestly don't know why.
The more and more I think about it,
I guess it must be true.
All these signs mean one thing,
I'm in love with you!
"The sleep"
By: shelby, age 13
"Wake up! Open your eyes!" she cried,
As she clutched at the covers on the bed.
The terror of the nightmare still tried
To fill each corner of her head.
The impenetrable darkness, the smell of dust.
She could still feel the clammy, ponderous air.
She tried to clear her mind, but try as she must,
The tenebrous night still vibrated, "Beware! Beware!"
A horrible dream to be buried alive!
Why couldn't she see? Why is her room so dark?
She thrashed around madly, straining to survive.
In the ominous silence came a whispered remark:
"Come to us, come to us, don't be afraid!"
And hard, bony fingers stroked her face.
The raspy voices, soothingly calm, bade
Her hand to touch the palpable space.
Her hand found something smooth and round,
Her hand found something cool and dry.
As she rubbed it slowly, it made no sound.
Her hand passed over the hole for an eye.
She screamed and tried to pull away,
But an onerous shroud had bound her in.
The air grew thicker, and try as she may,
The coffin lid held her down again and again.
They found her wrapped in her bed sheet the next morn.
One of her hands rested on her cool lamp's side.
Her eyes, wide open, and crazed; her face torn
by her own hands. She was Death's newest bride.
the lost one
By: lizziy, grade 9
If his dark eyes were with me al the time, I could feel safe.
If he was only mine, then the world would stop turning, so we could be, love, listen, only with eachother
have you ever cheated?
By: kerstin, grade 12
have you ever cheated on your boyfriend that you have been dating for 3mounths now and he found that you cheated on him with his best friend and he threatens to kick his a** next weekend but i told him if he touches him i will kill him first.... because we girls don't miss around with nobody who threatens your boyfriend at all so this my poem for the summer reading thing
With out you
By: Mellisa, grade 11
With out you
poem: With out you I dont know what i would do
It hurts when i dont see you
I love when we are together
I would die without you
I love you My love
Our Poem
By: Rose and Ben, grade A+
'RENEW NOW!'
It yelled softly,
Crying out to me.
'NO!!!'
I yelled back,
Clearly in pain.
'YES!!!'
It cried sadly,
'It's completely free!!'
'Why!?'
I wondered,
Going insane.
'Please?'
It pleaded,
Releasing one tear,
'You will get twelve issues,
In just one year!!'
'Wow.'
I thought.
That's a pretty good deal.
It smiled at me.
AND PULLED OUT A KNIFE!
'AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!'
I exclaimed,
Fearing for my life.
'DO IT!!! NOW!!!'
The pages did scream.
Then I woke up.
But it wasn't a dream.
Did you see that coming??
No, you didn't.
But always remember.
You can't trust what they print.
Dream
By: Kelly, grade 10
Dream all night
Dream of the happiness
Dream can come true
For you and me..
the library
By: Anonymous, grade 7
the shadows,
they creep,
they seep,
they snare
unsuspecting victems,
caught in webs of plot and secrets,
yet given a chance of old and new
they embrace the old and known, recalling plots and secrets as long-lost friends.
Life
By: Melissa, grade 11
Turns in life
can take you anywhere
some places you want
some you dread
Life has it's course
your on it's ride
have fun when you can
and enjoy your time.
I miss................
By: Chierey, grade 10
I miss the way we were the first time and last time we're together.
I miss the way we kissed how soft his lips were against mine so soft and sweet.
I miss the way we would talk on the phone for hours at night when we're suppose to be sleeping.
I miss the good times we would hangout at the house with his parents, and the lovely mexican food they would make the family to eat.
I miss the way he would come pick me up every weekend and every minute we would spend together on those wonderful days.
I miss everything about him so much i dream my mind away.
roses r like u
By: diana, grade 9
roses r red violets r too i think they all look like u
How It's Supposed To Be
By: Darian, grade 9
Looking in the mirror
Tears streaming down your face
You stare at the stranger in front of you
She looks so familiar
But yet so different
She's living how it's supposed to be
She smiles back at you
Her features are sound, with nothing wrong to be found
She's living the dream of how life should be
You step back and she's gone
You search for her
But when you look again all you see is yourself
You speak to yourself
Is that how it's supposed to be?
Joyful and worriless
But back in reality
You sit and wait
Hoping not to do something wrong
Trying to keep yourself in check.
Only you sit and wait, wishing you were that girl.
the death on 78th ave
By: erin + taja, grade 11
with light
and sound
the people cheer
as he is beaten
down
he falls
lifelessly
onto the ground
he is now a king
without a crown.
reading rainbow
By: erin + taja , grade 11
theres a butterfly in the sky
i can fly twice as high
just take a look in a book
f-u-n-d-a-m-e-n-t-a-l-s
spell it out
you will find its kind
to read!!!
reading is my favorite thing
its what my passion brings
its READING!
Life
By: Paige, grade 7
when we get together like two peas in a pod, sometimes life can be a little odd!Life is like the world in your hands but then you wake up too a thousand bands, sometimes life will see the good things sometimes it see the bad things,life can awsome and totally cool LIFE IS GOOD!
Do I really love you?
By: Mila Ch., grade 8
i thought i loved you.
whenever i saw you,
i ducked behind a tree.
not to be seen,
with my messy hair,
and dirty face.
when i came around clean,
and bumped heads with you.
i blushed right to my toenails.
without saying a word,
i hurried away.
sometimes we were in the same room.
i didn't speak,
just watched your every move.
i looked into your bright eyes,
and i knew,
something passed between us.
everyone watched us,
like we were stars.
the spell broke,
and everything was back to normal.
that moment was reminded everyday of my life.
i couldn't get it out of my head,
no matter how hard i tried.
everyday i saw you more and more,
until one day we were married
Protecting Me
By: Joy, grade 8
I love God with all my heart, he's always there for me, when I'm alone in the dark, he's there Protecting Me.
ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By: NICK, grade 7
my hair is red, my eyes are blue i'm a HOTTIE!!! but how bout u
Im lost without you
By: Ashley, grade 10
I sit in my room and think about you
I try to put together the peices
I think about where we went wrong
all because im lost without you
Untitled
By: cynthianna, grade 11
I sit here
watching the television
bored out of my mind
thinking to myself
about old times
thoughts pass through my mind
in and out
numerous things flutter about
bombs and threats
destruction and lies
anger and deceit
error and bad judgment
I see every spiteful action
there is to see
on that little television screen
many choices given to me
I could smoke pot
and raise a riot
drink alcohol and get in a fight
drive drunk
or endanger the lives of others
or I could go out
and do something to save
the children and my peers
to make a difference
getting involved in my community
prevent a catastrophe caused
From anger that
Enrages minors, my friends, my enemies
stopping them from
lying and stealing
hurting others and being distrustful
my life is mine
to do with as I please
good or bad right or wrong
my conscience settles those disputes
but there comes a time when I me myself and no other
needs to make the decision
do I help myself
or do I help others
am I a leader
do I make a difference
do I listen to me
or am I a follower
do I listen to others
when someone tells me to do
do I do or do I do not
so now I sit here
watching another damn fight
another war for more of us to die
wondering if this will ever end
I change the channel
a democratic election
I think
is this good or bad
more wars to come
cartoons the cooking show
and finally the news
more kids arrested for miscellaneous
misconduct minors
going about causing chaos
I cant stand it
I can not just sit here
allowing all of this to happen
people are getting hurt
emotionally and physically
And now it comes to me
A decision to make
For me and others
I could be just like all
Of the misfits and miss-haps
All the junkie and juveniles
Or I could do something about it
It's up to me as I sit here in this chair
To make my final decision
I turn to the right and I turn to the left
I look forward at that box
And see a future worth throwing away
That's it I push the power
Its off, no more lies no more deceit
No more anger, its time to re treat
I have defeated the worst and
Am on my way to make the best
Those hurt shall suffer no longer
Those starving the feast upon their hunger
I want to help
I promise my best
Good times and bad
We shall get throw just fine
I am now over that hill of anger and bad judgment
And now for me
I make a difference to you
To my family
And to my friends