The Panic of a Child

A storm starts brewing in your soul’s once peaceful sea;

Welled up tears,

Anger,

Fears,

Collected in one giant hurricane of “Oh, poor me!”

 

It comes crashing,

Bashing, down upon you;

Maimed,

In pain,

Crying.

 

The torrents of tears burn the skin,

Asking questions you’ve hidden within;

The Why?’s

The What?’s

How did you let this happen?

 

Every second ticks loud and fast,

You take look in the past;

Times of tears,

Don’ts and didn’ts.

There’s no room for comforts here.

 

Like the monster hidden underneath your bed,

Eyes wish not to behold, much rather it be dead;

A writhing,

Screaming,

Child of pain and tormented tears.

 

Children beware;

Demons and monsters

Crawl and creep.

Picking at your soul while you sleep.

You may survive for a while, but soon enough…

 

With the storms of roiling, boiling, sadness and confusion,

A girl of joy,

Never tears,

Will find herself

A roiling ball of agony.

 

By: Julie

Drowning

Water as cold as ice

My foot slips in.

As the sun fades,

The moon’s light

dances across the ocean surface.

 

Wading in

Deeper

And deeper.

Until my feet are barely touching

The sandy bottom.

 

Suddenly

splash!

The waves drag me under.

I struggle for breath,

As my back slides

Across the ocean floor.

My feet kicking desperately

As I reach for the surface.

 

Tiny fish

As slippery as mud,

Make their way

Through my flailing arms.

 

Salt water

Shoved down my throat,

My body recklessly pushed through

the enormous waves

 

Until I can’t

Move

Anymore….

Myself and My Fear

I am afraid

Afraid of Fear

He swoops in with no resistance

into my brain, my heart

It gives me a reason to be afraid

Reactions, thoughts shoot across my

consciousness like bullets across a dead sky

This is where Fear comes from

This why I am afraid

 

Pulling, tugging me into oblivion

They say Fear is always good

They are wrong

Giving into fear is giving up

On anything that was good about life

Don’t give up

Don’t be afraid

 

They, the people are out to get me

Teasing, yelling, hitting, hating

They are his servants

Waiting for me to show weakness

I will not give up

Not to them

Not to Fear

They will never see me crumble

To his will

 

Fear is a part of me

I do not like me

But I will not give in

I will not give up

I am strong

I am not afraid

 

 

Or

The boy sighed his last peaceful breath.

Gentle breeze of thought dissipates,

No future, no death.

Appearing again as a raging storm,

remembering all he had to mourn.

The battle is now in the heart of France,

The world twirling in a furious dance.

 

Too join the resistance for country and all,

to face a future to lose

as the earth crumbles and falls.

Or

Protect the heart from events to come.

To safeguard their dread,

Children, wife, home as one.

 

Decision is the Fates torture.

The dead weight of a crossroad.

The undying agony of or.

A catch 22,

with so much to lose.

Too either I can devote.

Not thinking, just doing,

near or remote.

The terror that paralyzes every bone.

It’s all on you,

The conclusion is on you alone.

 

Flames red and gold,

Roar as the lions of old.

The depths of hades is in front,

the lives to save inside.

I push the hose aside and leap after the need.

The burnt wood is crying as it breaks.

I see a family in despair,

but a few heartbreaking children over there.

I can only save one.

 

Family is shouting for help,

Crying comfort to each.

Their lives as one in my hands,

Their lives I might drop.

Or

Children silent, pale in the overwhelming light.

Still to grow into the skin that they own and

the mind they may lose.

 

Decision is the Fates torture.

The dead weight of a crossroad.

The undying agony of or.

A catch 22,

with so much to lose.

Too either I can devote.

Not thinking, just doing,

near or remote.

The terror that paralyzes every bone.

It’s all on you,

The conclusion is on you alone.

 

Seeing the full plate,

destined for the trash.

It is consuming her,

Bones are stark through the stretched skin.

Smaller, angrier, quieter, thin.

Realizing that I see,

Deathly silence beginning,

Worst of words uttered.

“I promise.”

 

Friendship, a ray of shine through the cloud.

No interference, just time and me, to heal.

It could not.

A life not worth living,

stolen under a protective grasp.

Or

Help, health, a guarantee.

To open her mind

Forced, but future she will find.

But me she will blame,

Me pushed away in forever jab.

I would break my promise.

 

Decision is the Fates torture.

The dead weight of a crossroad.

The undying agony of or.

A catch 22,

with so much to lose.

Too either I can devote.

Not thinking, just doing,

near or remote.

The terror that paralyzes every bone.

It’s all on you,

The conclusion is on you alone.

 

The decision is the scare,

The choice is the agony.

Before is confusion,

After is instinct.

Time stands still,

Every ripple in the black swamp of terror,

Every thought, every second of indecision,

is another world on your back.

The weight suffocates you,

Questioning yourself on how you will survive

Until the choice is made and the path illuminated before you.

I Will Succeed

Rylie

Period 3 Chintha

June 8, 2015

 

I Will Succeed

 

Eye on the prize

Mind on the goal

If I screw up my heart will nearly explode

 

Depression if I fail

Fulfillment if I succeed

Overwhelming courage is all I need

 

The passion of a dancer

The drive of a runner

Inching towards the top

But the winning never stops not even as I grow older

 

I know I fret shortcoming

Aswell as all imperfections

But I continue to give my all

Sometimes without even knowing

 

I’ve got the soul of a champion

The regret of a loser

And the serenity of a dove

 

But  most important of all…

 

I’ve got my eye on the prize

Mind set on the goal

If I ever screw up my heart will nearly explode

 

Eye on the prize

Mind on the goal

If I screw up my heart will nearly explode

 

Depression if I fail

Fulfillment if I succeed

Overwhelming courage is all I need

 

The passion of a dancer

The drive of a runner

Inching towards the top

But the winning never stops not even as I grow older

 

I know I fret shortcoming

As well as all imperfections

But I continue to give my all

Sometimes without even knowing

 

I’ve got the soul of a champion

The regret of a loser

And the serenity of a dove

 

But  most important of all…

 

I’ve got my eye on the prize

Mind set on the goal

If I ever screw up my heart will nearly explode

A Small Boulder

a big brown cow thundered towards me

a small boulder on a set path towards me

by me again

 

the worst enemy was not the cow

I turned around and saw his big red face

I let them by me again

 

cow’s hooves were thudding on the ground

they were as scared as I was

he yelled at me and others

Retaliation just makes it worse

 

my sandwich

5 minute break

Back in the coral

 

The smell of the wild flowers

the scent of spring

wafted through the air

only thing that kept me sane

 

leather seat in his truck

Hot, sticky leather seat

His words hit my face like stones

tackled me to the ground

only the first load

Macabre Dreams

They know what I’m afraid of.

I can see a disturbed face.

It shines through darkness.

It gives me chills.

As my eyes adapt to the dark.

I see each bump on my arms.

Strange noises come to my ears rapidly

Like a child crawling for candy.

It’s their anthem.

But it isn’t the normal beautiful type of anthem.

The rhythm has weird noises, like a broken cello when played.

A rocking chair moves along, it is their lord.

Their director.

My mouth is drying.

I can feel cracks opening inside of my mouth.

Something is getting closer and closer to me.

Each second is turning into minutes.

I feel like hours have passed.

All my mind can do is think.

Think about what is coming to me.

A vigorous smell comes inside my nostrils.

From there I can feel it moving up my brain.

The scent is tiring me

But I have to be strong.

Trying to look for the closest exit.

Walking around is my best chance.

Though it is very hard..

So I walk touching the furniture.

I touch something.

It almost burns me.

I am so terrified

There is no more blood in my veins.

Only the venom of fear.

Running for my life, I trip on something.

Waking up, I am sobbing.

But then I remember.

This was just a dream.

A memory that reminds of the time I had this fear.

Alone and Afraid

Isaac

I don’t fear tomorrow

The dark no longer scares me

The darkness

A shark swimming in my head;

A shark trying to scare me

Although, I still have fear inside me

 

What I fear is not on paper

No words can explain it

My fears seem to be infinite

This world can take me down

 

What I fear is much deeper

It isn’t cold or hot

What makes me complain

Is the fear of losing everything

 

It’s the fear of fear itself

That makes me fear at night

The fear of fear itself

That gives me nightmares at night

 

The fear of going away

Leaving myself inside

Is what makes me so afraid that I have to hide

I Wonder

Nick

 

What’s out there

I wonder

Deep down, dark and dank

Drawing for me a blank

 

What’s out there

Nothing to be seen

Don’t know what to expect

What does it all mean

 

What’s out there

Giving me no clue

What do I do

It’s covering the blue

 

What’s out there

What I don’t know scares me

Forcing me to believe

There’s something there to beware

 

What’s out there

The darkness looks down on me

It’s dark eyes like colorless balls of light

Lighting up my fear as I sleep every night.
Whats out there?

#Webelieve

Falsity

Falsity

 

faces

faces

so many faces

faces

like resin

hard

and

cold

 

hungry

heartless

feasting on gossip

spreading it around

like evil jam

on a sandwich

 

sly words

left and right

will you give in

or continue to fight

it’s all a game

which side are you on

are you a player

or are you a pawn

 

false faces

sculpted faces

caring on the outside faces

they can manipulate you

without any traces

 

By Lily