• WORDS
    What is a word?
    It is a sound from a person’s mouth
    A series of sound waves bouncing off my ear drums
    So, how can these sound waves cause so much pain
    And so much happiness
    How can they cause violence,
    And bring peace?
    Create the difference between love and hatred?
    Hold so much power?
    Words of love, words of hatred
    They are just words
    Where does the power to evoke emotion come from?
    A single word holds so much power
    Enough to change your life
    And sometimes there are no second chances
    So be careful what you say

    LIFE
    Life is a small child, carefree and bright
    It knows not right from wrong and wrong from right
    Sees the world in pure white
    Always curious and alert, watching with bright eyes
    The child laughs and sometimes crys
    But it is forever safe in mother’s arms

    Life is a teenager, lost and confused
    Sometimes happy, sometimes angry
    What will it be today?
    “Where will I go, what will I do, Which path do I choose?”
    It asks, unpredictable and indecisive
    Suffering from mood swings

    Life is a young adult
    More mature and civilized
    Relying only on itself
    Not bothering with the affairs of others
    Wishing only to keep its nose clean and steer clear of trouble

    Life is a parent
    Caring, loving, wanting only what’s best
    But not afraid to disiplen
    Looking out for the future and the present too
    But not dwelling on the past
    Always moving forward

    Life is a grandparent
    Old and frail, but caring
    Providing unconditional love
    Telling stories of the past
    And worring for the future
    Providing and endless supply of candy
    Just be carful not to pick
    The bitter ones


    MY FRIEND AND I
    My friend and I
    We laugh and play
    When we are together
    I wish that the day could last forever
    We laugh for no reason
    Yell, till our voices get hoarse
    Crack jokes and play sports all day
    I am scared of what the future may hold
    Will our friendship withhold?
    Through those cold, hard doors of high school,
    Scared, but together my friend and I walk
    Our classes don’t match up, we only see each other at lunch
    Will our friendship fall apart?
    That is the only thing that would truly break my heart
    More than any boyfriend could

    ANIME (has changed me)
    Last summer at this very time
    Began a crucial part of my life
    A friend told me of something called “Anime”
    She was watching one called Bleach
    I was bored with nothing to do
    And so I began watching this “Anime”
    Little did I know, It became
    A huge part of my life
    I have grown so much since then, It’s unbelievable
    Not physically, but emotionally
    Look at what one year has done to me!
    I’m an anime addict who loves to draw
    More aware of people’s feelings
    Apt at predicting actions
    Faster at reading (from the subs)
    And not half as concieded as I used to be
    Do you like the new me?
    The one who expresses herself
    Rather than drawing back into her shell
    The one who laughs with friends
    Instead of crying from lonleyness
    Because I do
    I love the new me

    I AM
    I am a rock, laying in a battlefield
    Hard and cold
    As I face the terrors of life
    Fearless and emotionless
    Purposely oblivious

    I am a leaf, blowing carelessly in the wind
    Just going with the flow
    Too lazy to argue about where to go
    Just relaxing in the sun
    Blissfully ignorant of the world around me

    I am a butterfly
    Flying high in the sky
    Beautiful and bright
    Free from the earth’s limitations
    So pure and free
    Doing what I please
    And faceing whatever comes my way

    I am a rabbit, running fast
    Paranoid of being seen
    Running from people
    Scared of what they will think
    Always in the bushes

    I am a wolf, always with my pack
    I seem harmless, like a beautiful dog
    Bounding, running, playing
    I’ll nuzzle your hand and lick your cheek
    But turn on my pack and you’re dead
    For I become furious and mercyless to those who harm my friends

    I am so many different things
    so many different things are me
    every day I am different and
    soon you will begin to see
    that it is almost impossible for all of those things to be happy
    *Author’s note: this next one I wrote for school. We had to write an essay on a specific invention for science and then our English teacher made us write a poem on it. Mine had to be about the internet.

    INTERNET
    I download, I play
    Sit around, waste another day
    A lazy cat, resting in a stretched out way
    IM, Email, Chat, like there is no tomorrow
    News travels faster than an epidemic of sorrow

    Got another message from my cousin dear
    I am sure she wants to know that she is still near
    To my heart
    Even though we are so far apart
    So I press a few keys, attach a picture or two and
    BOOM, BANG, BADABOO!
    My message has reached her

    I need new music for my MP3
    Go on iTunes even though it isn’t free
    Or maybe I can even see
    If they have it on YouTube

    My friend calls
    “Where you been,” she asks
    “Whatcha been doin’?”
    “I missed ya on Facebook, ya better get goin’”
    She is a woodpecker that can’t stop pecking
    So I update my profile, stay and chat a little while
    But then I gotta get goin
    So I can download another file
    Of anime

    Oh, darn
    I missed that new ep. on channel nine
    Oh, well
    I’ll stream it online

    And all of this I owe to Vinton Cerf
    An inventor who holds much pride
    For without him, the net I’d never surf
    Especially not in today’s high tide