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The Best Poetry of 2010
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Death IsDeath is when your loved ones must depart
Death is a sharp pain to the heart
Death is a feeling of permanent sadness and pain
Death is when your loved ones have forever gone away
Death is a cell to heaven or hell
Death is an eternal mansion or cell
Death is a lesson to learn about
Death is a loss, without a doubt
Death is an unhappy feeling to have
Death is unpleasant on anyone's behalf
Death is something we all go through
Death is a storm waiting to brew
Death is a lingering crow always overhead
Death is a soul, never done being fed
My Beautiful Flower
You are my flower
You are my sweet soft petal
Hand in hand
In my hand
Holding this precious gift
The blossom of your beauty
You are my beautiful flower
You are my flower
You are my sweet soft petal
Heart in heart
Just one heart
Beating to your sweet aroma
The aroma of your splendor
You are my beautiful flower
You are my flower
You are my first blossom
Blossoming love
You are my love
You are my first and true
Like sunset ocean blue
You are my beautiful flower
I'm glad I picked you
I'm Tired
I'm tired on being looked down on
Looking up while you look down
You smile
As I frown
I'm tired
I'm tired of love
Forget another dove
Love is a second hand emotion
My heart fell through my first hand
Now it is broken
I'm tired
I'm tired of this life
I'll end it with a knife
Rebirth
Uncertainty- "Jiggy"
Yesterday I saw a passerby
Looking tired heput his hands to the sky
He claimed that life had been unfair
Down his cheek rolled a little tear
Everything I planned as gone astray
Proclaiming to the heavens, I've lost my way!
He looked as if he continued down the street
If only me and my destiny could meet
He sees as a mother weeps of news of tragedy
She reminsces over a child, whom she'll never see
Why have you taken my only son?
He was young, I'm old I should have been the one
With a puzzled look he begun to contemplate
I have no idea, what is my fate?
Is tomorrow promised, do I have another chance?
Or will I also be the victim of circumstance
He realized now, nothing in life is a scare bet
Uncertainty of life is something we must all accept
I Create My Future Now
No matter what myearly childhood was like
Best or worst
I am totally in charge of my life now
I can spend my time blaming parents or my early environment
But all that accomplishes is keeping me stuck
It never gets me the good I say I want
My current thinking shapes my future
It can create a life of negativity and pain
Or it can create a life of unlimited joy
I choose a bright future
Now
Drown
i tried to drown in your flame
Somehow i let the fire escape
And i can only blame myself
A rubber soul is hard to sell
YOU push me in and i push YOU out
YOU tie me u and tie me down
YOU give me space, i'm locked in chains
i want YOUR fire, i need YOUR faith
YOU always knew just what to say
Never misspoke a single word
i Pleaded guilty once again
So hand me down
my sentence now
i am condemned
The victim and the crimnal
i'm on knees in silent prayer
For one last touch
my twisted valentine
When every second lasts a thousand years
And every shot glass holds a thousand tears
And every race ends in a brand new start
There's no soul left
But you can take some of my heart
I Am A Caged Bird
I am a caged bird
That wnats to be heard
Through a loud crowd
I want to fly up and beyond the flock
I want to fly through the bars that prevent my wings from flapping
i want my song to hear the world
As the world hears my song
I want you to fly higher than the sky
So I can go higher than space
I want people to say I'm not part of their race
I want to fly through any hurricane that I meet
i want to say that I can rotate it in the opposie direction
I want to have a world of zen
When that happens
Release me from my cage then
Mod
“My heart fell through my first hand/now it is broken/” LOVE this line!
Too many errors in “Uncertainty--’Jiggy’”
“I Create My Future Now” needs line breaks, as it’s very confusing halfway through. Also one error early on. You truly must PROOF READ before hitting “save”. This is not a contest at speed, it’s a formal publication. It’s a reflection of Dequan. Lastly, more spacing between each poem. If you can, BOLD each new title.
If you wrote these in MS Word, 99.9% of the misspelled typos would NEVER have occurred. I’m not talking about the (“i”)s, but the “wnats” in “Caged Bird” and one in “Drown”.
Otherwise, truly great efforts!!!
"Water From Above" It some how got here,
Out of nowhere,
Sparkling and cerulean,
Blessing and cursing all who taste it,
With otherworldly bodies
And underworldly minds,
To help the young learn to grow
And help the weak learn their place.
"Blame"
Who is there to blame but me?
i tried to blame you and others,
But it was my fault for being so blind
To you and to my own arrogance.
i never understood
Why i instigated
i never thought
That putting you or the world first
Would be such a difficult decision
But now I’d say,
That,
Perhaps,
It was never meant to be
So it will forever remain
A bleak promise
A faded friendship
Two.
Faded Friendships.
Two.
Bleak commitments.
However.
One.
i remain committed to.
"The Tree"
Water-surrounded
Like a deserted island
Forbidden to all
"Struggle for Purpose"
Who are we if we just sit around,
On the couch just putting on pounds?
What will we become if we don’t act?
We must take our skills and make them exact,
For if not we are worthless and just taking up space,
Just doing as we please keeps us from winning the race,
Called survival.
Otherwise
Might as well forfeit
Without a cause, without purpose
Is it even worth it?
"In Their Image"
They were here first
Then God saw
That their thirst
Was their major flaw
So God flooded Earth
With water that burned their skin
Then there came a rebirth
And they became akin
With morality
And then came us
Less powerful but blessed
But we could see
That within our chest
Was this thing.
a Heart.
Deeper.
a Soul.
Thus creating,
Sympathy. Suffering. Growth. Struggle. Purpose….
Unpredictable…
Insanity. Calamity. Morality…….
Humanity.
Monica Hernandez ***
Spring
I opened my eyes,
To witness flowers blooming,
And they whispered, “Spring.”
***
Summer Vacation ♥
Manhunt on dark summer nights,
Sticky, sweaty, flies buzzing.
Blinding sun in your eyes,
Thoughts of school, crushing.
Healthy tanned glowing faces,
Shorts, tank tops, skin.
Sneakers, sandals, mismatched laces
Bedrooms, not planning to clean.
Parties, pizza, movies,
Biking around the neighborhood,
Starbursts, Jolly Ranchers, sweet goodies,
Smiling lips, happy moods.
***
Lies
Lies are like big rats,
Smelly, destructive, nasty,
Harder to kill though.
***
Love
The things you would do for love,
Like go beyond and above
Your power
To make them smile
Every second every hour
Thoughts of them drive you wild
And make going out of your way
Worth while.
Your brain you may want to obey
But you know love in your heart will stay,
Because just when you swear your love is over
You see their face and your heart is weighed
With emotions,
And you find your devotion
To make it work once more.
***
Bad Communication
I picked up my phone,
a sec late, you hung up. I
called back, no response.
***
New Urban Language
Whatever happened to typing words correctly you may ask.
-W.e happened 2 typinqq wrdss correctly u maii ask .
The new generation took a hold of it.
-Dha neww qenerattion tookkk h0ld of it
The teens kidnapped it and tortured it,
-Dha t33ns kidnappeedd it && torturedd it .
Until the I’s weren’t capitalized,
-Until dha i’s wrent cappilizedd
Until punctuation was either completely removed or much too many,
-Until pnctuationn waz eitherrr comptlyy rmovedd or much 2 manii
Until it was absolutely illegible,
-Unttill itt waz abslutlyy illqiblee,,,
Thank God for spell check!
-Thnkk qodd 4 spellchekk!!!!
***
Digital Drama
21st century technology addicts
A fatal disease
Consumes your reality with marvelous graphics
Fills your head with misconceptions of the world
21st century technology addicts
An assassin in disguise; a colorful plastic case
Cell phones, laptops, cameras and more
Entertains you.
21st century technology addicts
Distracts you with what you think is keeping in tune
With the world.
Truthfully you’re lost behind a glass screen.
21st century technology addicts
Happened to me,
Happening to you
And you won’t notice until it’s too late.
***
Arriving at Wonderland.
Alice oh Alice,
Oh mischievous Alice,
Following rabbits in tail coats.
Of course she didn’t think it was all a hoax,
For she is all naïve and full of jokes.
She wandered around looking for the rabbit and fell down a hole.
Down she fell and couldn’t take control.
She landed with a loud thud!
Luckily no blood.
Doors and doors lined the walls,
In the long white hall,
She tried and tried,
Each door on each side.
But locked they remained
She felt pained.
The key! The key! The shiny silver key!
Tried all the doors then got on her knee
Click! Opened the mini door
Then got on the cold tile floor,
On the other side was a field,
But she did not fit so she cried unconcealed.
“Drink Me!” a glass jar had that label,
She put the key back on the table
And drank as fast as she was able,
Seconds later she was tiny,
She saw she couldn’t reach the key and got all whiny,
“Eat Me!” she found a cake that had that label,
She ate it and was able to reach the table,
She cried and cried with the key in her hand
For she was as tall as an elephant.
A pool, formed by her giant tears,
And she soon shrunk down and a dwarf she appeared,
She swam for her tears formed a sea,
To be rescued was her last plea.
A mouse saved her from death
As she went through the door she took a breath.
Alice oh Alice,
Oh mischievous Alice,
Welcome to Wonderland
Her arrival seemed planned.
***
Destiny
Walking down the beach,
I saw your name in the sand.
By it, I wrote mine.
***
Innocence
When I was little,
I thought babies came from seeds,
This is a big lie.
Mariana Lopez p1Sticky Lemonade stand
In the summer kids get poor
Seeking money, inventing ways to get more
They try and try and it becomes a bore
They create a sticky lemonade stand
The boards are weak
The lemonade is green
It’s the kind of lemonade stand no ones ever seen.
Our sticky lemonade stand
It smells like sweat
You’ll get sick I bet
My sticky lemonade stand might be a threat
My sticky lemonade stand
The lemonade doesn’t taste right at all
It is no Starbucks where you can get a venti or tall
This shouldn't be legal at all
The sticky lemonade stand
Some advice to you would be
Don’t buy sticky lemonade from me
Because you’re better off drinking pee
And you might ask, “Then Why sell sticky lemonade?”
Well simple I need money and its quite funny
How you buy sticky lemonade from me
From my sticky lemonade stand
Study, Study
Study, Study
With your brain
Study, Study
Don’t go insane
Study, Study
About the rain
Study, Study
What it contains
Study, Study
Knowledge you’ll gain
Study, Study
Again and again
My Tap Shoes
I call them my “ tippity taps”
They are shiny they are black
They go “tippity tappity tap”
My shoes are the best they out show
They rest they go
“Tippity tappity tap”
I love my “tippity taps”
I love when everyone claps
I love the way they tap when they go
“Tippity tappity tap”
4 Seasons
Winter; Winter really cold
Snow in my hands; I begin to mold
Spring; Spring “ring-a-ding-ding”
Birds are chirping nature sings
Summer; Summer really hot
Summer is in; school is not
Autumn; autumn no pools to drown
Just different leaves
Orange, Red, and Brown
Winter, summer, spring, and fall
Different seasons, I love them all
-My mom-My mom is the heartbeat in my soul.
She is the light in my day.
Brightening everything touched.
Always there for me, whenever I need her.
She’s a huge, solid gold vault; she is my diary, keeping my secrets.
You always have a smile on your face.
Your smile is like music; always flowing into and out of your body.
You look at me as if I am your goddess.
I look at you as if you are my world, which you are.
You are a glowing star in my heart, always standing out from the others.
Always comforting and caring for me.
You are like a tall building, superior to everything in sight.
Never backing down, rising above any challenge.
-Lost-
You are like a lost file in my memory.
It was as if a bird flew down, and took you away from me.
I loved you and you loved me, but now, we have no memories.
A furious lion has run towards us and pushed you east and me west.
We are lost.
We will never find each other… ever…
We were hiking on a huge mountain and a blizzard has separated us.
You went north in search of me and I went south in search of you.
Our search might go on forever we might never find each other.
Let’s face the fact, we are both lost and can’t do anything about it.
Our memories of each other have flushed out of our minds like a spinning hurricane.
We are lost, yes we are lost.
Lost.
-My tears, your tears-
My tears feel sad,
Your tears look sad.
Together, our tears make up sadness.
You cry for me, and I cry because of you.
You cry because you want me, I cry because I miss you.
Your tears hurt,
My tears cure.
You continue to cry, but I will stop one day.
Your tears just come out of you; my tears come for a reason.
Our tears will one day meet,
And we will know when that time comes.
Our tears make up each other.
Your tears take your heart away, my tears form to make me happy.
It pains me but I will get over it, you will not.
My tears are your tears, your tears are my tears.
-Open Air-
Sometimes I have wonderful dreams,
These dreams make me feel happy, complete.
As they fly in the open air,
They swirl around in every direction making sure everyone knows they have arrived.
My dreams, however, are forever lost.
It is as if a hurricane came into my life
And swept all my dreams away,
locking them up .
My dreams may float in open air,
But they will never be free.
They will always be locked up and will never be true.
My dreams are being punished by you.
You are pounding them with your huge fists.
You are crushing them with your enormous body.
My dreams will float happily haunting,
But they will never be true.
Sadness
You have always seemed to be sad since the moment we left.
A memory lost forever in your mind.
A family member that will never come back or be seen.
Your eyes are like leaking faucets,
Always running with water.
Your tears are stolen raindrops,
you are my lake.
Sadness hurts you deep in the heart
like someone stabbing you over and over.
Sometimes, it feels as if sadness takes up all the space
in your body
leaving you no room,
Leaving not even a slight bit of air to breathe in.
Sadness is like a ghost that wants to take over and control your entire body.
Sadness is everywhere, no one can hide or run from it, it will always haunt you.
Sadness is when you lose something very precious in your life and cannot forget it.
Sadness hurts, but we all move away from it.
-Why??-
You left us when we desperately needed you.
You never even looked back at us,
neither did we.
I hated what you
did to me that day!!
That image of you still surrounds my head
in a bad way.
You were nice to us as first, but
that all changed.
It is like you planned on trapping us in a cage like an alligator
You made us believe that we were important in your life, but that was a lie.
You never really liked us, just used us
selfishly.
Now, we are
punishing you,
Punishing you for everything bad you have done.
Whenever I think about you now,
Your name causes every scar in my body to hurt,
My head always feels dizzy thinking of you.
You are now a forgotten memory lost in my mind, never to be seen again.
You hurt us so much, but now we are fine without you.
-Unknown-
You are like a mysterious chemical.
Nobody knows who you are,
What you are.
Unknown.
You are an unknown file on the computer,
A file that will be deleted soon,
A file that no one ever wants to read.
You are undiscovered, there’s nothing else in the world like you.
The only one of your species.
Nobody will ever be like you.
You are a dark shadow that creeps along with me,
I don’t know who you are,
But you seem to know me.
You’re unknown
-Puzzled-
I’ve been wondering.
What did we ever do to you to deserve this neglect from you?
Was it destined for this to happen to us?
This thought always pops into my confused mind.
Did god really think it was necessary for us to be separated?
I mean I’m with my mom, but nowhere near my dad …
I could never figure this out.
It’s like a puzzle that can never be solved.
A puzzle that no genius in the world will ever touch because of how confusing it is.
Sometimes I wonder if I’m on the right planet,
If I was supposed to talk or be with my dad.
I always feel puzzled because of you…my father…
The person that every little girl loves…her daddy,
But, NO, not you.
I’m so puzzled… I hate this.
-Now-
Now we are nothing.
We mean nothing to each other.
As each day passes by, we will grow further apart.
We will never know how it feels
to be a whole…a family.
Now,
we went our separate ways,
you are there,
and I am here.
Nothing will ever be changed,
you have a good life
and so do I.
Maybe it was never meant to be
maybe we were always
supposed to stay apart
since I was born.
Now, I start out a new life and you start yours.
You are over there, but we are over here. I hate this!
Why aren’t we together?
Isn’t that how it should be?
I miss you but I don’t even know you.
Now, my mom and I live happily, and you live happily with your new family.
We have cried over you too much, now it’s time to stop.
Now, it’s time to begin a new life…
A new life without each other…a better one…
Now it’s time we leave each other and forget the past.
-Sea of Questions-
Who are you?
What happened between us?
Are we really related?
Are we really daughter and father?
Did you ever really love us, your family…your real family?
Did you even care when you turned your back on us?
Did you ever think about how our family could be if you didn’t do that?
Ever wonder about that? I don’t think you did or even do.
All these confusing questions pop into my head each and every time I think of you.
Don’t you think father and daughter should never be separated?
I don’t think you do.
How do you feel when you see daughters with their dad’s?
Does it hurt you inside as much as it hurts me?
Do you know how far we could have came?
How close we could have been?
Do you think about these questions as I do?
My final question:
Do you really love me?
-Cycle-Love Me
Hate me
Go Away
Come Back
Why are you not talking to me?
My mind is bi polar when it comes to love
Hot & Cold
Up & Down
Black & White
I can’t make up my mind
Love makes me crazy
You’re my drug
I need rehab
I love you
I hate you
Go Away
Come Back
-Locked-
Locked with a chain
Controlled by me
Can’t get away
Always following me
Hooked on me
All over me
All to myself
I have you
Don’t want to let you go
Your heart is on a lock
All mines
The key will never be found.
-Deep Waters-
In a dream I am swimming
In the middle of no where
A huge rainstorm
Waves push me back and forth
Always seem to be drowning
Yet I never die
The water controls me
The rain is my desires
It adds on to the water
The water is my depression
As it eats me alive
I drown
God saves me from dieing
For him I swim
Hoping one day to find shore
-Wish-
I wish for her to leave
I wish for her to stay
I wish I could forget her
I wish I could cherish every last memory
I wish there was no school
I wish school starts just to see her face
I wish them gone
I wish her here
I wish at 11:11 to see her tomorrow
I wish at a wishbone to let them go
I wish that love would go away
I wish that love would come and stay
I wish upon a star for her to love me.
-Pain-
The pain of love in unbelievable
It hurts too much
It hurts when they don’t say hi
It hurts when they say bye
It hurts when you’re mad at them
It hurts even more when you forgive them
It hurts to know that your never be
It hurts to think about them
It hurts when you need them more than they need you
It hurts when you’re forced to lie to them
It hurts to know that they don’t have a clue
The pain kills me slowly yet it’s my drug
Love without pain wouldn’t be the same
FriendshipThis means when you are not scared to let go of something for them,
When you finish each other’s sentences,
Love each other and one another without thinking about it twice,
Putting honesty, faith, and feelings so that all is known ………
But it is all kept in a wonderfully wrapped secret.
You party, laugh really hard, make jokes only they laugh at,
Smile at one another’s Stupidity, Eat pizza, OR play at little kid’s park,
Eat humongous cupcakes, celebrate a birthday to the max and….
Ride the swings and soar the skies while reaching one another’s
dreams .
Live, Laugh, Grow, ……..with
them
THEY ARE YOUR………………………
PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE…….and way beyond
A Mother’s Love
Her, the one who cares for you,
Makes you happy when you’re feeling blue,
Helps you when you are in need,
Cleans your bruises when you are bloodied.
Asks many questions when she has any doubts,
Which can help many children from dropping out!
Checks too many times how you’re doing in school,
Which can sometimes be really cruel………….
But you have to love them just like they do with you,
Even when they call you crazy names like boo boo.
The day I met you
I remember the first day I met you,
I thought that you were annoying, young, and had cooties
I rested my head on my friend’s shoulder and gazed at your appearance,
Spiky hair, dimpled grin, attitude with the teacher,
From there on I loved you and thought you were mine.
As class finished I approached you and then ran away cowardly
My friend presented herself but you told her you wanted me
When I heard these words I jumped with joy and said hi
You kissed my cheek and I did with yours
Our love was written, recorded, established and no one can change that
Ride Or die :]
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Monica, Stephanay, Daineen, Asiye
Monica, Stephanay, Daineen,
Monica, Stephanay, Daineen
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A Father
He who brings bread to the table
Feeds the hungry children
Clothes and loves them
Loves them ever so deeply
Is there at times……..
When one is at need,
He who is the father
Children
They are tempted into doing wrong,
Mislead or guided into fault easily,
Usually disobedient or mighty curious,
Lovable and fun to play with,
They who are the outcome of love,
The ones who take care of us in our old age,
Tempered, Spicy, Sweet, Super Sugary,
Explosive, Quiet, Loud,
They are always wondering…..or up to something with no good,
Children they are pure and innocent,
They play with the dirt and hate the water
EXCEPT A SWIMMING POOL!!!!!!!
Freeze-tag, hide-and-seek, cooties, duck-duck-goose
After a fetus and after a baby, sometimes a toddler, before a teenager and before an adult or senior
That is a CHILD
Ramayana
RULER OF ANGA
A BROTHER TO LAKSHAMANA
MORTAL IN THE BODY OF RAMA BUT REALLY VISHNU
AN ALLY OF THE MONKEY CLAN
YOUR MODEL TO LOOK UPON
AMAZINGLY TALENTED
NEVERTHELESS, HE IS OUTSTANDING
A DEVOTED MAN
School
In school everything we learn -------
Got to be true
If not businesses would loose
So pay attention, win elections
Read your textbooks and you’ll be -------
Smart for sure
2X JUST PLUG IT IN!
Be a doctor or a lawyer,
Write books bout` Tom Sawyer
-----But back to the theme------
In school everything you learn -----
Got to be true!!!
Death
No matter where you are
How old you are
How you look,
Wrinkled, unwrinkled,
Gloomy, bleak,
Bright or cheerful
It will find you
That time when you see the light,
Or a shadow, spirit, angel, whatever you want to call it
It will come at you leisurely or swiftly
It may leave you in an eternal hospital bed, or in a grave
Car accidents, Murders, Suicide, Homicide, Accidents, Fires
They all lead to death and are all a common old tale
When it will come…..
Only Azrael knows
DEATH-so mysterious, unknown, un-probable, horrifying, but the reality
A rainbow
It is full of all the amazing colors,
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet,
All of which are produced by the intensity of the light and raindrops.
It is the outcome of a rainstorm with lighting.
Brings a smile to the frowned faces of children,
Enlightens the day of many adults,
Makes memories in the life of many,
Holds a pot of gold at the end… for those who truly believe!
Miguel Vazquez P1"Spring"
The flowers blooming,
Sky filled with a misty rain.
The new sight of spring.
"Personality"
A friend is a friend.
A brother is a brother.
Family is family.
Be yourself, not another.
Originality is key.
It's the way to be.
Don't hold back.
Just attack.
"Stand Up"
Staying the same.
Staying so sore.
Haven't won a battle,
never war.
Only trying will help.
Get back on your feet.
Don't let it go,
It's not defeat.
"Lost"
Sudden silence fills the streets,
walking in my worn out shoes,
a mindless wonder.
Where am I?
Am I lost?
Am I dreaming?
My insides are screaming.
These sidewalks are filled with fear.
I need to find a way out because anywhere is better than here.
"Caught"
Patiently waiting.
Walking around.
Creeping through the shadows.
There's not a sound.
“There he is!”
I start to run for dear life.
Not growing any stronger.
Block after block,
I can't take it much longer.
I give up and wait for it.
Finally, “Tag, your it!”
Jeidi Garcia P.1The Importance Of Saying I Love You
Why didn’t I tell you that I love you
When I could
Why when you said that you love me
I didn’t care
Whatever!
Now you are gone
And these walls
Say it all.
Why did I let your love go
Now I want you
But you are not here
Why didn’t I say
I love you.
Now you don’t want to listen to me
And I’m here
Loving you more than ever
Why I said “whatever”
Why didn’t I tell you that I love you
When I could
What can I do.
I miss you
But now it is too late
To say
I love you…
A Little Star Up In The Sky
up in the sky
A little star
You used to show me
Every night.
You used to tell me
When I’m gone
And you feel lost
Look up
In the sky
A little star
And she will tell you
That I’m with you.
Even if I’m far
No matter where I am
That little star
Will remind you
That I am and always will be
In your heart.
That little star
Up in the sky.
My Friend Time
You said bye
With a tear in your eye
You said
I will be back
Time passed
And you weren’t back.
I cried
I felt lonely
But now I feel nothing
My heart hurt
When you left
But now it doesn’t
Because I had a friend.
A friend
Who taught me
How to forget
That friend was time
Now I’m all right
I don’t need you
So don’t come back
I’m good
With my friend time…
Tik Tok
Tik tok
Says the clock
Minutes that go
Hours that pass
And never come back
That’s why
You better use your time.
Live your life to the maximum
But don’t go too fast
That’s only when
There is no time
And yet
There is time for everything
At the same time
that’s why
You better use your time.
Tik tok
Says the clock
Minutes that go
Hours that pass
And never come back.
Live your life to the maximum
But don’t go too fast
Learn how to use your time
And live a good life.
I’m The Moon
Guess who I am
In the nights
Your light.
I’m your protective angel
My friends the stars
Help me give you light
On a dark night.
I go out only in the night
Like a vampire
I go to sleep in the day
And my friend
The sun
Replaces me
Guess who I am.
"My Dream Place"Sometimes when I have nothing to do,
I sit and wonder what life would be like,
If I had you.
I get pretty deep into thought,
As I create a mental picture of your face,
And try to put me in my dream place,
wrapped in your arms, safe from harm,
Knowing I'll get through it all,
Cause daddy will catch me if I fall,
Then I snap back as tears drip,
Rolling down my face,
Knowing I will never be able,
To be in my dream place.
"The Voice Behind The Song"Most people enjoy music,
But there's many reasons why,
Some enjoy the fly beats,
And others, just cause it's live.
Some enjoy the classical,
The rock,
The hip-hop,
And R&B,
However, there are those like me.
I can swing my hips to any reggae,
And I can enjoy the classics from Marvin Gay.
Cause see what I look for,
Is not in the sound,
But what comes out the artist's mouth.
Don't get me wrong,
I love moving to the beat,
But I also sit and concentrate,
On what message the artist is trying,
Trying to send straight,
Straight to the minds of you and me,
But what are you really geting,
Just listening to the beat?
IndependenceYou told me we’d meet
Someday.
Where are you?
I long to see all those features of your face,
To greet you at last.
Is it possible to say that I miss you?
You’re pulling my emotions like
It’s a puppet show
Right, left
Left, right.
All those words, those reassurance
It’s never going to replace your actions
Not ever.
You say that you can keep to your promise
Your word, not mine.
What happened?
Tell me, I want to know.
No doubt,
I’d fly like a bird
Away from the home I always
Knew,
Loved,
And cherished.
Unfamiliar places
Too bad I don’t have your wings for support
And carry my burden.
I can finally say that my ties are loosened.
No more depending,
It’s more about the freedom.
Together
We can get over this
No matter what happens
Blink the tears away.
Lift your head as high as it can,
and keep your lips
.still.
We can’t tremble
Don’t miss a step,
Keep walking.
Rhythm…
Rhythm keeps us together
We can’t fall
It’s all we can do to
Survive.
Cover yourself with the toughest armor
No vulnerability
Gotta face the
Reality.
Dwindling
Give me back my Identity
I REFUSE to let myself be pushed around
i don’t want to be a lost girl
Can’t have my Innocence taken.
That last bit of Hope,
D
w
i
n
d
l
i
n
g
.
.
.
Is miraculously keeping me
Moving.
I’m struggling so hard,
Don’t leave me here
In this cold world
All alone
Don’t let me
Go.
Offer me your hand,
Embrace me
Like you never could.
The ghostly grasp,
slowly fading away…
V a n i s h ed.
Memories
All the connections
Inevitable attachments broken
The bond’s never gonna disappear
I’ll never know whether I’ll see your face again.
I could imagine us
Really.
Just a few years from now.
I will be wiping your face
Telling you softly,
“Don’t cry.
We’ll keep in touch.”
And when the e-mails and texts begin to fade
I’ll be prepared to tell myself
I was right.
That they came and went, just like in high school.
Let’s just enjoy the sunny days that
Accompany us.
She says, “Good times, good times.”
I wonder when it’ll end.
She hands over her green Coolpix camera
Looking through the moments
of plain old silliness,
laughter,
Imperfections.
That’s exactly why I love Them,
My best friends.
Forever Yours
Forever yours,
Till the last second
Let’s dance
Till our hearts drop.
Hearts pumping
That excitement got me going,
Smiling crazy
Just for You.
Forever yours,
Always wanted to know you
From childhood-
till Now
That mysterious surface is
Tearing up everything inside
Forever yours,
Need I repeat again?
Wish that I were yours
Maybe you don’t see it yet
But in time,
You’ll realize that we were right for
Each other.
Indifference
Obstacles being thrown at me
I can’t stand it anymore,
I’m not ready for change
I want to stay the same
Things were better that way
Before they came and my destiny changed.
You can’t take the wheel
I’m driving.
I have to face the indifferent world,
society
The world doesn’t care.
There are millions of
false hearts,
artificial feelings, and
fake smiles.
Hidden personalitiesIn the jungle of Tattle Teek,
All the animals ply hide-and-seek
They all played except for one
One giantic elephant.
Tried to hide under a tree
Tried to float on a small leak
Tried to make himself not seen
For he was playing hide-and-seek.
But the elephant had a problem,
He was simply just too big.
And every time he tried to hide,
They would find him in a fig.
This was simply just too much,
He was starting to hate this game.
So he stopped playing hide-and-seek,
Now he's outstanding fame.
I compare this elephant,
To a girl who cried inside.
Without a shoulder to lie on,
She would silently to god imply.
So popular and famous,
Though inside sad and dpresed.
She decided to end her life
Silently to no one's quest.
At the end of school's last bell,
She said goodbye to leadership.
Then she went to the school roof,
To finally end this hurtful trip.
Somehow something seemed so wrong.
Somehow she felt not alone.
She glanced back as tears shed,
Someone warmful held her hand.
Now at the worst of her last times,
She remembered when she was 9.
When a girl just simply said,
We will always be best friends.
Thinking far in memory,
All the fault came down to me.
This described my loneliness,
I let a friend go, I confess.
"Will you really end your life?
Will you really make me cry?
I don't care about your looks,
I care about the girl inside you.
"Give yourself another chance,
To live and laugh and dance and cry
To show yourself the real meaning,
The meaning of being alive."
"I got so caught up in my fame,
That I left behind a friend.
Afriend who was always there for me,
Even when I did not see her."
The girl inside this body was freed,
and she continues to exceed.
Her friend right by her side stayed,
They stayied together until the end.
-Awilma Acosta
Cancer cells are mutantDeep inside a little body,
Alive inside a child's chest,
Worked thousands of little cells,
Obeying their brain to their best.
Inside a cell was a regulator,
Duplicating ones, to twos, and threes.
But in it entered a mutation,
Duplicating uncontrollably.
They duplicated without stop,
Creating tumors as seconds passed.
Foretting the brain ever existed,
Not needing chemicals to help divide.
They blocked all signals from the brain,
Thy didn not stop though blood cells passed.
Developing cancer around the girl,
Weakening her body actively.
Traveling inside from place to place,
Each part of her body slowed it's pace.
Thew doctor to the mother said,
She has cancer, my dear friend
6 years old,
So small and weak,
Her mother faked
A little grin.
It's just too sad,
She thought sadly.
How will I tell your dear daddy?
The little girl,
Fraile and weak,
Did not know what
was happening.
Tumors enlarged.
The cancer spread.
As her daddy sat,
on her hospital bed.
He saw his daughter
Lying asleep.
And tought outloud,
How will I live?
When the girl died,
How sad. Inside,
There were cells that
Suddently stopped.
Finally, the girl,
Silently sleeps.
She never wakes.
Forever dreams.
-Awilma Acosta
Mod
Julie, Kelley, and Jeidi, excellent work.
Kelley, it's Marvin Gaye, not "Gay", but excellent sentiments. I wish you'd have sent me ALL your poems as instructed and put a few more up here. "Mt Dream Place" is excellent, though perhaps split into stanzas??
Awilma, many typos, and I never received these on time BEFORE publication so it's tough to earn the total points? "Cancer cells" would be a great poem if
1) you gave it a more ambiguous title
2) there weren't 6 or so typos (lost its meaning in your rush to publish without edits.)
3)you split up sentiments and
4)replaced a few words (".....need a calculator to divide..." would give it a more mathematical feel.
Better Luck Tomorrow
Mod
In just the first poem you dizzyingly go from simply Past Tense to Present then to Past Participle (had seen), for some inexplicable reason. Then this wonderful "....I seen". I think you have a purpose behind this, but it was difficult just finishing it. Oh, and "gray" was misspelled. Sorry, I gotta seen these deleted?
Please send these to me, make edits and re-publish for partial credit.
Better Luck Tomorrow-
*Love*Love rises, love hides
Some change, others remain
Once you love, you can never go back
Love never really dies
It takes the form of something so familiar
That we don’t recognize
It waits to make itself known
Waiting patiently
Until the day it may emerge
And blossom anew
*I Am*
I am the moon
Many sides, many phases
I am a solar flare
Spontaneous, beautiful
I am a dove
Soaring high, touching the sky, returning to that which I love
I am a black lotus
Rare, unique, different in design
I am the explosions of a raindrop
Making impact with the ground
I am the sunrise that creeps upon us
Stealthily and naturally
I am a daughter, a niece, a sister, a granddaughter
I am a friend, a confidant, a stranger, something new
I am expected, yet never exactly what you think
When someone asks me who I am
I look them in the eye and say
I am me and no one else
*Music*
Music
An escape (FROM LIFE)
A passion (OF MINE)
A form of communication (I USE)
A way of expression…and…
A part of life (FOR ALL)
Music
MY ESCAPE
MY PASSION
MY COMMUNICATION and
MY LIFE
*My Sis*
She’s smart
She’s nice
She understands how I feel
She knows my mood
Good or bad
Like no one else
She knows what to do
When I’m down
And gets a smile from my frown
When she hurt, I hurt
When she cries, I cry
We are so alike
So close, yet different
We can have hard times
But we reconcile
Hurt her, and you will feel pain
Disrespect her, and you will be shamed
Because she’s my sis, ain’t no one gonna get away with it…
*At Midnight*
At midnight, if you have eyes to see,
There’s beauty and there’s that majesty
Stars shine their brightest
Life’s storm is no more
Serenity seems everlasting and spread throughout the earth
All is clear
Seemingly touched by an angel’s hand
Glittering but for a moment
Then
Everything as it was
At midnight, if you have eyes to see,
There’s beauty and there’s that majesty…
*The Sunset*
The waves rolled, exchanging secrets between themselves and
Forever dancing under the clouds.
Clouds that swirled in soft pictures of elegance, in various silks and satins.
They stooped down low to shower the mountains with kisses of life.
The mountains opened up with a brightness and newness
Vigorously re-coloring themselves in fresh green robes.
Colors swirled together, merging with the light of the dying Sun.
Brightening for a moment.
All this was seen from my seat up high,
Out of the waves’ reach,
Untouched by the clouds kisses,
Above the newly colored mountains and
Beyond the glorious, majestic wonder that was
The Sunset
Leaving YouI was going to leave you,
but you just wouldn’t let me go.
You were going to fade away
and for once I was going
to be the hero
saving the day.
I can’t even live life,
without you there to stressing me out.
I love you,
but I love myself more.
One day I’m going to pack my bags
summing up the courage,
walking out the door.
Never looking back,
never to see your face anymore.
Approval
Why can’t you just be proud of me?
It feels as though I live my life for you.
Nothing I do
satisfies you,
everything I accomplish never good enough.
Even if I were to be considered
“Perfect”
to others,
I still wouldn’t be close to that
in your eyes.
Well guess what?
I don’t care anymore
Seeking your approval has
blindsided me to my own happiness.
Floetry
At, Before, Behind is like rhyming in your mind.
Below, Beneath, Beside time is passing by.
Between, Beyond, By while looking at the sky
Of, Off, On trying to create a song.
Out, Outside, Over trying to move forward.
Since, Through, Throughout figuring what life
is all about. To, Toward, Under
we’re going to the lake
cause sometimes kids just need a break.
Marriage
I’m here in this chapel in a long, elegant
dress, about to devote myself fully to you.
Uniting our two lives joining as one.
You will become a part of me and I a part of
you. Here, now and forever more, the words
will change from “mine” to “ours.”
This is the day i’ve been waiting for
since I was young, but I never imagined meeting
someone as wonderful as you.
You believed in me even when I didn’t believe in myself.
You gave me the courage to love again.
You are truly my soulmate and my best friend.
I HATE......
I Hate how you broke my heart.
I Hate how you made me feel like I was nothing.
I Hate how you abused and disrespected me.
I Hate how everything I thought was special and unique
about me, you turned it into a negative.
I Hate how you took away my ability to trust.
I Hate how you led me to believe that no one cares
that I am not worth being loved.
I Hate how you turned everyone I knew against me.
One thing I do love
All of the actions you took to break me down,
only gave me the strength to want to prove
you wrong. They helped me become the
amazing and powerful women I am today.
"Dad"You were never there for me
You chose for it to be this way
You chose alcohol instead of your kids
You always denied me of a father
All you are to me is
A man I know
A man I have 20 second conversations with
A man who made the wrong choices
You always say
I have had to grow up by myself
My parents died when i was a child
I never had parents
My life was difficult
Don't you realize
you're doing the same to me?
I've never had a male figure in my life
I've never had a father
I've tried to build a relationship,
But it seemd
That you just block me out
Right out of your life
I cry at times
I'm sad
No, I'm furious
How could you do this to me?
How could you deprive me of a father?
Well you've missed out
So many wonderful memories
You could have been a part of
It's your loss
But I have a couple things
I want you to know
I am a strong individual
A good student
A respectful daughter
A caring person
Even with you out of my life
and don't expect me
To keep trying
Calling
Talking
Begging
For you to be in my life
I've been rejected toom any times
And I've grown to accept the fact
That you will never be in my life
And I don't want to be in yours
I'm done
With the crying
With the doubting
With these emotions
With anger
With this feeling
I'm Done
"Doomsday? Apocalypse? Armageddon?
...Letter to the Average American
So, the word around the block is...
The world is going to end in 2010
According to Mayan culture, the calendar
Ends on December 21, 2010
The lunar calendar shows
That the end of the world is in 2010.
The way I SEE IT...
It'll end any one of those days.
Why?
Cause no one cares about the planet.
Aimple as it sounds.
We, as Americans
Are just plain stupid.
Instead of investigating what'll happen
2 YEARS FROM NOW,
Why don't you work on fixing problems
That are happeniong NOW?
For instance,
GLOBAL ARMING
Our Ozone Layer is Depleting day by day
Why?
Because you don't do anything about it.
You don't recycle
You litter
You don't re-use things
You use aerosols,
And are careless.
You need to do better for our planet Earth
YOU NEED TO CARE
And try your best to preserve it
After all, there is only 1 EARTH
And damage is already being done.
So what are you going to do about it?
You can continue to pollute the air,
And KILL the planet.
OR...
You can help.
You can recycle
Spread the word about conserving ourplanet
re-use plastic bags
Don't use aerosols
These simple and easy steps really help.
As small as it seems,
You can make a BIG difference in OUR WORLD
And SAVE IT.
SISTERS
Karen is 21
I am 14
We are sisters
I hate her at times
We fight, and
Say mean things
Curse at each other,
Hurt each other's feelings
But,
The other half of the time
We are extremely close,
We talk for hours
Laugh without even talking
We are sisters
We talk about guys
And share the same problems
I come to her for advice
And hear her out
We go out and just chill
like sisters
We have a bond that could NEVER be
BROKEN
Having a sister has its perks
Pretty, nice clothes, and make up
Doing "big-girl things"
But, it has its negative side,
Bribery
She uses me for chores,
She has the right to rule over me
But,
At the end of the day,
We love each other,
And appreciate,
And cherish each other,
Like SISTERS
"Jonas Brothers"
So, have you heard of these 3 brothers?
Well their names are
Nick, Joe, and Kevin
They go by
"The Jonas brothers"
I have to admit...
I'm a bit obsessed...
Well maybe a lot!
I have more than 200 posters
And I've been to a concert
But you have to understand
Why I really love them;
Their music
Is spirit lifting
Fun and energetic
Meaning
Lights up my day
Their morals
They respect women
Are faithful to God
Close to their families
Respectful young men
But,
There's one in particular
That really catches my eye
Nick, a.k.a Nicholas Jerry Jonas
Is it the way his curls bounce?
Is it his hy and quiet manner?
It's all of the above.
I love...
His voice
His passion for music
His talent
His uniqueness
His music
Him,
You might think
"This girl is crazy. She'll get
Over him in a year or two"
Yes, that might be true
but, when I am
Old,
Wrinkly and
80 years old
I will always remember my
Obsession
Devotion
passion
Love for
THE JONAS BROTHERS
At a Jonas Concert
I SEE
26,000 screaming girls
Men selling merchandise
Their Verizon Tour BUs
The Jonas "Fan Bus"
The stage
microphones
Drum Sets
Guitars
A Baby Grand Piano
Nick
Joe
Kevin
I HEAR..
Beautiful music
The glitter falling off my poster
Screaming Girls
"I love you Nick!"
"Put doen you poster"
My feet jumping up and down
I SMELL:
Perfume
Stage Smoke
Foam
I TOUCH:
My poster
My mom and scream
"Are you taking pictures?!"
I LEFT...
With the BEST, most AMAZING
EXTRAORDINARY
FUN, GREAT
AWESOME
Experience of my life
A night I will always remember
I had a blast...
At a Jonas Concert
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While this is by NO MEANS an original poem: this has been my mindset for the last few weeks. This is from "Anna Begins", by a group called Counting Crows
"The time when kindness falls like rain
It washes me away and Anna begins to change my mind
And everytime she sneezes I believe it's love and
Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing
She's talking in her sleep
It's keeping me awake and Anna begins to toss and turn
And every word is nonsense but I understand and
Oh Lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing."