Dedication to Uncle Ryan

By Tor Chaleunphonh

 

Ask me who I love the most,

And I would tell you that it would be my Uncle Ryan

Because for me there would be no denying that he was who I admired.

 

Now let me tell you why it’s him.

He watched me play soccer,

Taught me baseball and how to skate.

How to respect a girl,

And get your first date,

And that you can’t look on you past mistakes

But instead learn from them in the future.

Now looking back, he did so much for me and I would do anything to have him back.

 

Don’t ask me why bad things happen to good people,

Cause I don’t know.

Why he had to die so damn young,

I don’t know.

Looking back on that clear, blue, sunny day

As his life was slowly slipping away.

As friends and family came to say goodbye,

You could see me as tears fell slowly down my face

As I cried.

 

When friends and family went on their way,

My family and I decided to stay.

We each said goodbye and how much we would miss him,

But when it came to my turn, I couldn’t say anything.

He smiled at me, though, and said not to miss him

Because he was going to a place, free of pain and the only pain he felt was leaving us.

 

I see him every day, through the people I know.

Through the kind, caring nature that they show.

And it reminds me of how much I miss him,

Because he was my mentor and my best friend.

 

Lazy Talent

By Clara Burton

Time like wind, yet still for me
a helpless soul of infamy
the voice of reason pounds my brain
with curses, hopes to me insane

the lazy loiter that is myself
sitting worthless upon a shelf
an invention divine or so it thinks
quietly lounging and bumming drinks

Reason curses and screams again
Trying desperately to be a friend
Guilt the loiter sits even so
ambitions a plenty but nothing, no!

So reason fades and the loiter ages
bumming, sitting what ever it crazes.
Gifts rotting, dreams untaken
To me myself, future forsaken.

Talent be luck, bestowed by god
practice, perfected, not just to be awed
Used for love, great good of people
This be your quest, your bible, your steeple

Basketball

by Tavis Lloyd

Around my back through my legs

in the hoop is were it lays.

Do a twirl do a spin.

Everone knows whose gonna win.

You wanna play me in basketball son?

I’ll show everybody im number one.

Thats an opionion thats a fact.

I even beat shaq.

I had Allen Iverson shacking in his shoes.

Kobe Bryant wiping his tears with a tissue

Someone said you could beat me they tricked you.

Your freidnds say i shoot three pointers better than you do.

The Game

by Sidney Reynolds

Squeak boom swish
Squeak boom swish

Think fast
Move quick
Act don’t hesitate
Time moves fast so don’t wait

Squeak boom swish
Squeak boom swish

Take the shot or pass it off
You’re not alone
Everyone needs help thats why you team’s there
Not just you by yourself

Squeak boom swish
Squeak boom swish

So play your play
Don’t get mad
Todays your day

Squeak boom swish
Squeak boom swish

Ten players
Two rims
One ball
Who’s gonna win?

The Ever After

by Katlyn Bartel

 

I feel like I am in a spectacular forest
Filled with dragons and fairies
Searching for an ever after.
I sweep though the tinted swamps
Thats covered in devastation and humiliation.
Hopelessly I wait for a clear sky,
But sadly its covered in disguise.
I scream for help,
Thou help save me from the cruel,
Cruel whispers if the night.
Flashbacks of my ever hell strikes me like
Lighting, meeting the surface of the world.
Tis my sweet shinning armor
Will come save me.
I hope with all joy and prosperity
My romeo will come save me
With nothing to spare,
But a sword of shinning light
This is gleaming through the trees.
He gently picks me up
And hold me in his arms
And combs my mischievous hair.
As I look into his wondering eyes of beauty
I know in my heart
He has come to save me
And cover up my worries
And put a happy
On my happily ever after.

The Sad

by Katlyn Bartel

He left me in the cold
With nothing left of me but a warm heart,
A caring soul,
And a desperate need for love.
Love, ha! That’s funny
Is there such thing
Or is something you have to believe in to make it happen?
Wild and free,
Yeah that use to be me.
Destruction and embarrassment
Is all you ever gave to me.
Crying and catching those sorrowful tears
In my hands make me ache and stare.
You were brought to me for a reason,
To show me that there are better things in life
And not to just look once.
I thought you were guiding me to the light,
But really you were only foreshadowing my love.
Hopeless and with no motivation
To pull me through the puddles of tears is a sad thing,
But once those tears are all dried up and the clouds move east
I can start to see the rainbow again.
Hoping and waiting that prince charming will come find me,
Come find me in this widowed forest,
And lead me without despair.
I love you my dear,
But promise not to leave me,
Or there will be fear.

Depression

by Carissa Smith

Stumbling in circles

lost inside this maze

Drag through every day

while life is just a daze

Not sure how I got here

or whether this is home

Whatever led me here

has left me all alone

Not sure who to trust

if even anyone

Why can’t I let go

move past what’s been done

So many memories

are left inside my brain

Things I can’t forget

because they’re locked in place

I get so sick of this

and try to get away

I don’t get very far

it’s like I’m tied here with a chain

It makes life so annoying

but I don’t know what to do

One day I’ll get past this

but for now I don’t know how to

Is It Real?

by Sophia Roberts

I have this feeling I get when you call,

It feels like a million butterflies have been set free,

My heart nearly stops when I hear your voice.

Is it real or just my imagination?

Is it love or something else?

But then you left me when I needed you most.

Why did you go, how come you didn’t stay?

My heart is torn, my soul crushed.

Is this really happening, or is it a nightmare coming to life?

Someday

By Jarren Rogers

Another Valentine’s Day alone,
Another night stuck here at home,
Another discontented man,

Another starry night,
Another midnight fright,
Another disconnected plan,

This is me, staring into your eyes,
This is you, with all your lows and highs,
Someday, Someday,
Waiting for the day you’re in my arms,

Another falling-out,
Another lingering doubt,
Another complimented ban,

Another abrupt part,
Another unsound heart,
Another unsuspected fan,

Her eyes are like sky,
I just can’t say goodbye,
My heart’s somewhere nearby,
I just can’t see her cry,

Even though you’re shy,
I’ll sing you a lullaby,
Please don’t reply,
Just come into my arms,

Farewell, Innocence

by Ruthanna Fritzinger

Farewell, Innocence,
torn down conscience.
You left without a
goodbye.
I let you leave without a cry.
Why did you leave me, Innocence?

 
Stubbornness and pride,
within me still
subside.
But wishing secretly,
that you were still a part of me.
Why did you leave me, Innocence?

 
Flashbacks of good times.
Were they really crimes?
You stayed with me through all,
but now your love is small.
Why did you leave me, Innocence?

 
Going through a change,
made it all so strange.
Before, we danced in tune,
but then you left so soon.
Why did you leave me, Innocence?

 
Childhood, mud pies and messy eating.
Adulthood, long cries and boring dating.
But here I lie in the middle,
halfway grown up, but still so little.
Why did you leave me, Innocence?

 
When knowledge came,
our friendship was slain.
I’m trying to forget,
but thinking about it, I can’t quit.
Why did you leave me, Innocence?

 
Former knight and shining armor,
my glorious protector.
No matter how wild my imagination,
as my guardian you were stationed.
Why did you leave me, Innocence?

 
Here at adolescence,
I learn my own
lessons.
Don’t give into peer
pressure,
which I learned from
mistakes, not a lecture.
Why did you leave me, Innocence?

 
Never did I think
that my Innocence would sink
away from my heart forever,
never to be a lucky
endeavor.
Why did I let you go,
Innocence?

 

Please, come back.