Ruinous and Destruction

Ruins in England
Unstoppable destruction
In Iraq
Nasty plagues
On and through the time line
Until we
Stop and live in peace
Alas what will it take
Nuclear war and
Death of billions
Destructive weapons or
Entirely fatal viruses
Surrender hate and violence now
To save the future or
Reap the world of a future
Unite we must stand and stop or we will kill our
Children and their children
Till we do that and live
In a peaceful world
Our children will live in a world of
Never ending pain and fear

-By Chris Schall
Age 15

Storm

I see the rain slide down the pane
Slow
Unrushed
Then I hear the thunderclap
Loud
And it scares me
Soon I see the lightening in the sky
Beautiful
Powerful
Dangerous
And I wish for a second
I was the storm
That I was unrushed, slow
So loud it was scary
Unbelievably beautiful
Magnificently powerful
And deadly dangerous
But for now I’m a simple drop
Among billions of others
Doing hardly nothing
But making all the difference

- By Taylor Carter
Age 14

Fairytale Ending

If it’s a dream
I’m not waking up
And if its in my head
I’m not coming out
Its seems to good to be true
Like a fairytale with no end
I wish it were real
That you could love me
But if it’s a fairytale
It wont last forever
Ill turn into Cinderella
Ill leave at midnight
The façades up
I’m not who I seem to be
Ill leave a token of our night
A necklace,
Maybe a shoe
Perhaps well meet again
Most likely not
I’m turning into Cinderella
And my fairytale must have an end

-By Taylor Carter
Age 14

Untitled

Fingers cross
Lets hope for the best
We’ll work it all out
Our fingers cross
Eyes lock
See no one but each other
Nothing matters
Look at me
Look at you
Eyes lock and never look away
Lips meet like never before
Time is frozen
It’s a whole new sensation
Our lips touch and everything changes
Hearts beat
Can you hear it?
Its louder than before
Can you feel it?
Its pounding in my chest
Making a wondrous song
Hearts beat
Fingers cross
Eyes lock
Lips meet
Love begins

- By Taylor Carter
Age 14

Windows

Doors tightly sealed,
Locked with black palisades,
Thrown open for a moment,
To find a mirror of themselves
Two souls see each other,
Unhidden, uncovered, piercing in their intensity.
Blue summer waters-
Stormy waves of muted blue
Held together for a moment,
In an endless ocean
Seeming like eternity,
Two souls
So much unspoken,
So much shared,
Then doors clang shut.
Black spikes crossed,
Spell is broken,
Two souls hidden once more,
Behind the veil;
The curtains,
Over the windows to the soul

- By Tasha Greenwood
Age 16

Silver Beads

Time is raining down in silver droplets,
Beads of mercury-
Dripping. . .
Pearlescent orbs that swell
and slip like oily tears
To splash upon the worlds,
And scatter in a thousand pieces-
That draw together,
Each another drop,
Another dimension,
That rolls onward ceaselessly…
From the warm dark of oblivion,
A spark travels toward the overwhelming light
A breath so sharp,
It cracks the silence;
Like a delicate china cup,
That smashed to the floor
So only a single rose
Lay unscathed…
Green garden,
Crisp scent of rain,
Approaching in the sky,
Cut grass suspended in the air -
Gossamer threads of spider web,
Blown away with dandelion fluff -
Growing in steel bucket,
Upturned…
Fragile paper swords,
Brush hairline cracks
In the glass heart -
Pulsing crimson ribbons
Beating, singing, deep down…
Smudged fingerprints on glass,
Turn lines into ripples,
Fading at the edges,
Like acid,
Slowly eating marble chips and stone…
Writhing smoke,
Ship sinks under clouds
That cover a murky bog,
Sighing whispers…
Transparent wings cast an inky shadow…
Silver beads roll across the floor.

-By Tasha Greenwood
Age 16

Free

Once lost, now found,
Once burdened with sin, now forgiven,
Once sentenced to death,now granted eternal life
Once full of debt, now free from all wages.
Jesus took away my sins,
and now i can truly say I'm free.

- By Viktoriya D
Age 17

It Seemed

It seemed her life was falling into place,
She had it all, family, faith, dreams,
And a love she thought they both shared.
It seemed he was the one,The one she waited for all her life,
The one she prayed for, dreamed of
The one God would unite her life with,
To erase all past heartaches and pain.
It seemed there were no worries,
No more sorrows or tears,
God had answered our prayers,
Answered the confusion and mysteries of love.
It seemed the hardships were over,
When really they had just begun.
It seemed they were the perfect couple,
So strong, romantic, so full of love,
Through all his troubles, she was there,
She stood beside him through it all.
It seemed they had a future together,
So much to live for, so much to do,
It seemed they cherished each other more than life itself.
And as quickly as everything came together, everything fell apart.
It seemed he was just drifting,
He needed space he said,
But as time wore on, his motives were clear,
He wanted to put an end to it all.
It seemed he was never home,
Could never answer her phone calls,
It seemed she was forgotten.
It seemed she took it easy,
Packed up the memories, dreams and left,
Moved to the end of what had seemed like the beginning,
And with her she took dreams of a future with him,
And memories of a love that had seemed undying.
It seemed there was so much to live for,
Now the longing for life was gone.
He left her empty of dreams and of his love,
He left her with their love burning in only one heart

-By Viktoriya D.
Age 17

Moving On

When I look into your dark eyes
I see promise, love, and lies
I have messed up feelings,
And many theories without ties.

One minute I love you,
The next minute I don’t
I’m tired of these little games;
You think I’ll keep on running back, but I won’t.

All those times I thought I loved you
And needed you most
You kept running away,
It felt as if you were on the opposite coast.

Sometimes I wonder If all your promises were fake
You did promise to love me,
But in the end, it was my heart you chose to break.

You took away so much,
You left me empty inside
Now I’ve decided I’m moving on,
And I’m moving on with pride.
Now all the hurt is gone,
You’re history to me.I
feel no dread,
I feel no doubt,
I feel like I have been set free.

-By Viktoriya D.
Age 17

Make Love

Make love
not war
is like giving money
to the poor.
The Blood soaked clothes
with lie our sons
as the man wonders
what have i done.
They say there trying
to stop the war by lieing
but they'll know when to stop
when there at there sons grave crying.
They stop the war
with bombs and guns
hopeing for victory
but those kill our sons.
The sit in there chair
looking pretty and nice
when in the end
they pay the price.
The real meaning
of all war
might as well be
blood tears death and gore.
Make love
not war
the man only screams
screams back for more.

-By Dylan Norris
Age 17

I Ask of You

How do you know
When the devil on your shoulder is you?
He leaves footprints on your blades and
Scars stretching far across the canvas that is your body.
He blocks your throat when you want to scream “No”
And welcomes the unwanted with arms outstretched.
He paints sins on your hands and lies on your lips
Leaving space for nothing else.
Innocence is undrawn on this hollow soul
That has become your main enemy.
You slice the rotted and rip the spoiled
Out of you and into the past
And only then do you know you are free.

-By Michelle D.
Age 15

A Sensible Oxymoron

The eyes of the sea open onto my dream
The waters flooding Earth
And homes and children giving birth
Hate rising from the heat
Of the ice it ant compete
With the dying dead rising from their death
Such easily caught breath
Rage filling the galaxy’s capacity
Transforming the clear air into opacity
Anger cleansing the good
With scars and sins and all is misunderstood
But the sea continues to clearly see
As its eyes open onto my dream.

-By Michelle D.
Age 15

Work of Art

I could carve a story in your heart
A flawless perfect story you won’t part
With ink unseen, with needles dull
An ideal idyllic story, piece of art.
Ink and needle in your open wound
Could redefine you, make you finely tuned
You did not know, but thought you knew
When you craft, inspire, on you the light is strewn.
With stories varied drawn into your world
Observe the beauty that is around you curled
So tightly wrapped, yet spreading far
See the love that through your days is wholly swirled.

-By Michelle D.
Age 15

Now a days

So do you believe in fairytale endings where the princess
runs off to the castle with the prince and they get married
and your parents get along so well that they plan the whole
thing and they live happily ever after well there might of been
a time a time where it went somewhat like that but lets be
realistic life isnt anything near that well maybe if you had a
billion dollars it's not love at first sight well maybe it's love at
first site with their car or money now a days theres more
people getting divorced then married how did that happen?
theres more happily never afters then happily ever afters
why does it have to be like that and im pretty darn sure that
we dont all live in gorgeous castles most of us live in
apartments or a pretty decent house and our princes arent
as handsome as in the movies or the books and im pretty
sure they all cant ride a horse without tumbling over wearing
big shiny armor to protect you from the beasty dragon
instead they wear suits and work in an office or work at
home all day like in movies when the prince swipes out his
sword and does all this tricks and then finally defeats the
dragon our princes can swipe out there cellphones and
make dinner reservations so as you see now a days it very
different but you can always dream up your own fairytale
and if you work hard enough on it and believe in it it might
even come true so just have faith and start dreaming

By Valeria Jimenez
Age 14

Whisper it back

Whispering melodies in your ear will you sing them
back with the strength i have provided you with the
wisdom I have taught you with the beautiful power thats
within you please whisper it back and embrace
the love around you the music notes surrounding for i
have died for your wrongs to give you peace and
serenity hoping the melody will reach you oh please
won/t you whisper it back instead you walk to where i
might not see are you trying to decieve me?you reach
out to me in the heavens looking to catch the melody
the peace for just a minute but just to hold it not be in
it oh please stay with me and won't you whisper it
back.

By Valeria Jimenez
Age 14

Untouchable and Invisible

Untouchable and Invisible

I can take life with sorrow

I can take it with pain

I don't know about tomorrow

but I hope it doesn't come in vain

I should get out and let go

but I already left love and said so

Its not like I did it in malice

I did it like this...

You are untouchable

and I am invisible

I couldn't interfere

because I gave in to fear

That was my choice

Then I lost my voice

I see you fade away

I felt like someone died today

I went through the motions

I questioned my devotion

I searched through myself

and saw I needed to put this on a shelf

I can't get you back

though that sounds black

I have no regrets

You are untouchable

and I am invisible

I couldn't interfere

because I gave in to fear

That was my choice

Then I lost my voice

I see you fade away

I felt like someone died today

I still have the rest of my life

but I have no time to spend it in strife

I thought I needed you

but now I'm leaving you

Though I hold no grudge

I'm sure you won't budge

If you have fun with her

of that I am unsure

You are now invisible

and I am untouchable

How is it on the other side?

Are you still tied?

If you're not

you lost the spot.

Don't come around here

I'll make you tremble with fear

-By Melissa Campbell
Age 16

My Love Will Abide

My Love Will Abide

Verse 1

I could have tried harder

but I wouldn't have gotten any farther

I didn't have to do the math

because love isn't drawn on a map

I don't need to look at you through a mask

I can live with your photograph

Chorus

I never had a chance

I should have seen that after first glance

you are so perfect

and I just fall flat

I saw she was right there by your side

Though that made me run and hide

my love will abide

Verse 2

I see you smile with her

and it leaves me to burn

I could step up and break her up

but I know it's not enough

I could step in and stop this

but I'd rather fade away in the mist

Chorus

I never had a chance

I should have seen that after first glance

you are so perfect

and I just fall flat

I saw she was right there by your side

Though that made me run and hide

my love will abide

Bridge

You know I cried

I would have lied

and I could have died for you

you'll never see

the good in me

or what we could be

Chorus (revised)

I could ask you to dance

but I'd rather not take that chance

she's probably better

that's why you love her

She's right there by your side

Though that makes me run and hide

my love will abide

Verse 3

I hope she makes you happy

though you still have the key

I'll let you go

and wallow in my woes

-By Melissa Campbell

Age 16

As I Recall

Verse 1

Some say love's a gift

But it's only left me adrift

I found myself lost

And saw it had a cost

I feel like a doormat

I wish I could take it back

Chorus

As I recall

You made me fall

I wish I caught myself

I feel I've lost myself

As I recall

You dropped the ball

I wish I let it fall

And never saw it at all

Verse 2

I'm in a depressing void

That's what I try to avoid

I do everything to forget

And cut out everything that is left

I wish I could believe

That it's okay to live with my heart on my sleeve

Chorus

As I recall

You made me fall

I wish I caught myself

I feel I've lost myself

As I recall

You dropped the ball

I wish I let it fall

And never saw it at all

Chorus

As I recall

You made me fall

I wish I caught myself

I feel I've lost myself

As I recall

You dropped the ball

I wish I let it fall

And never saw it at all

Verse 3

The worst part

Is living with a broken heart

I'm still on the ground

And there's nothing I've found

I wish I never fell

There's nothing more to tell

-By Melissa Campbell

Age 16