Dreamdark
Ink flows as the veins of a poem Running in alphabetical scrawl Pulsing with lyrical force Drip, drip Like blood from knife Falls ink from pen Black in place of crimson Brain falls depleted instead of body And my pen is my razor blade Can taste the metal on my tongue Dream dark children, dark […]
Words That Change the World: Leilani
Look at the way we livin our lives, guns, weapons, and some knives, give us our peace, give us our world, cuz curled up in the corner, getting all sad, don’t get mad, make our world glad. Get up, and give this world some peace, cuz sittin there lookin at yo neice ain’t gonna change […]
Every day they get up, get dressed and brush their teeth.
Every day they get up, get dressed and brush their teeth. Then, they put on their masks. They hide who they really are, hide the pain, hide the sufferings, hide themselves. The masks have words on them, blurred by years of tears cried when they are alone. Words like, “strange”, “popular”, “funny”, “outcast”, “alone”. The […]
He looks into the eyes of the disciplinary action officer
He looks into the eyes of the disciplinary action officer He thinks he is looking into the face death. I ripped its mask off; now I have four days of ALE and I feel like I was born to die He looks around the tiny cubicle knowing not where he was, nor where he is […]
The Miss: Dude!!
Ready position Racket back Step And hit! The ball soars across the sky Over the net And over their heads And point for us! The score is tied Breathing is ragged Legs are sore And ball is coming at me Ready position Racket back Step Turn, and miss! -Nina Y. 7th
Lying Dude
Who says These words are lies No I say its poetry I am creating a better story I know who I am My words are magic Etched into my skin in gold ERASER Now, I know who I need to be Some may disagree But I did steal those cookies. Shhhhhhhhh! I’m lying But that’s […]
Shopping
I leave my house to get in the car. We pull out the driveway. We stop at a red light, green go. We are off. We pull up to the mall. We go store to store Store to store I see the shoes I want No, look at these shoes No. I want these ones. […]
The Computer
I type. The keys pressing one by one by one. One, then the other. The lines are almost written. The code almost ready to release. Then I finish typing pressing the keys one by one by one. I look over the lines written in perfection. Each is different until they combine To form a story. […]
The Baton
“Just follow the yellow brick road.” Go. Walk. Feet move. What? Wait, are we going? OK. We’re going. Yay! This so Fun! 5 minutes of pure perfect moments have passed Clank. What was that? I steal a Smiley glance at the dusty Stage. The baton. Oh god, the baton. I feel a sharp pain In […]
The Hat
I walked into a shoe store last Tuesday and went to the boys’ shoe aisle and started looking at Nikes They had the Nike Air’s and the Nike ZOOM for sale I moved to the AIR JORDAN aisle because the Nikes Were $160 and guess what the Jordan’s were, even more expensive! I looked at […]