by Scot McAtee
I am a Building
By: Vanessa Ford
I am a buiding.
That’s all I can think as bullets fly past
With shattered windows and broken walls
I trace the thought as I grip my gun
Two friend lie still beside me
Like the cracked sidewalk beside my lawn
With crimson flowers flooding the cracks
I brace myself and raise my weapon
I could feel the metal hit my neck
Like a brick thrown through my glass
Ripping my screen and ruining my floor
I begin to fall like the dripping water off my overhang
I am a building
I draw the air from inside my furnace.
I close my eyes like my closing curtains
Refusing to die like a skeleton structure after a hurricane.
I hope one day I will be repainted.
Untitled
By: Colby Combs
The man, the angel
Going for the light of success
The light, the light of creation and success
He hopes, he dreams
He plots, he schemes
For a plan, for a plot
Hope, determination, loss
All in one loss
Of the coin of chance, of life
Hope to be successful
Determined to get to the light
Loss of previous dreams
He is:
A god
A light
But above all
The man with a dream
Maddie Greear
The score is tied; 4-4
And the pressure is on to make the next goal
I run for the ball as fast as I can
As I feel my sweat dripping, I take a deep breath
Kicking the ball back and forth
Then here comes the opponent charging at me
I see the sweat dripping on my forehead
I hear the crowd cheering and chanting
Then here is my moment
My wide open shot
I take a leap and hit the soccer ball towards the goal
The crowd starts cheering and we win the game
Carlie Cornett
Love is like glass
It’s shiny and smooth
And sometimes pretty to look at
But what happens when it breaks?
It’s rigid and sharp
It can cut and hurt you
And make you bleed
When it’s put back together
There’s still pieces missing
There’s parts gone and cracks
And it will never be the same
So love is like glass
Emily Timmons
Love is a bond that can’t be broken
It is built over time
You can’t see it, but you can feel it
It is two people that are inseparable
Two people that would do anything to see one another
It is when a guy comes up to the door to get you for a date
It doesn’t have to be a luxurious date either
As long as it’s with him
Nothing else matters
Hannah Robbins
The old green door
once spewing with life
once letting people in
green like waves
dirty and cold
once new, is now old
The old green door is now broken
it sits as a reminder the past is gone
it sits lonely and broken
just like fragile souls who never had spoken
once spewing with life
The old green door.
Lauren Hardebeck:
A boy
Thirteen Years old
Lives on the wrong side of the tracks
He doesn’t know his daddy and his mom doesn’t love him
He can’t read
He hopes to be a doctor
A tree
Two months
Planted in the ground next to a mighty oak
It hopes to grow to be tall and wise like it’s neighbor
It grows
It is bigger and stronger than any tree in the forest
A boy
A flower
A little bit of hope.
Bailie McCall:
The children are cheering as the fireworks explode
Parents are cooking and having a relaxing time
Others are off fighting for our country
Wishing they could be with their children
At home the air smells of hamburgers and hot dogs
On the battlefield it smells of death and burning flesh
We’re happy that we’re free and independent
Yet we don’t realize the sacrifices being made to make that possible
On this day that we celebrate
We need to remember those who made it possible
Be grateful, Be thankful, Be appreciative
If it weren’t for the sacrifices, we wouldn’t be
Independent today
Anthony Reyes
You are the light
You are the light inside the bag
And life is the trail you travel
Your light ignites the night sky
To see where you are heading
The twists and turns the path takes you
It’s all where he takes you
He sends wind to put out your light
That ignites the road you travel
The farther you travel
The less we see the light
And the more we look back
At the beginning
And where we’ve been
One day the wind will put out
The light you use to set your path
Just travel for enough
So when the light goes out
You have enough to dream about
When you can’t travel anymore
