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The Wind Rises
by Emma McNulty
The wind will rise n' put your dream in flight
Until you're dragged down slowly by real life.
Your mind floods with promise n' colors bright
When was the exact moment I fell, I don’t remember, but look at me, my spirit is loud and clear, it tells?
Like monkey business it smells 8-months ago, I could never foretell, or predicted a “love” such as this.
5…
When you feel a hand squeezing
ice into your fingertips,
cold as those distant galaxies
you had always studied,
as a new star was being born,
I am not evil
When you looked away for two minutes, I am still the same person I was 2 minutes ago.
Playful smiles
Colorful walls wrapped up like gifts
Evenings of laughter
Car rides that turned to roller coasters
Dear _______,
I won’t give you a name.
You know who you are
And I know, too.
I’m trying to forget.
I’m trying to let go of the
Little obstacles I’ve been through.
Little Jerae,
always smile girl don’t let no one get you down
through your pain and struggles don’t let anyone see your frown
you will with all your might jump over your obstacles and
cross the finishing line
2016 was a year of L's. On average I took an L every other month. Which means I learned from 6 L's that I wanna share with y'all.
LIFE pushes you in new places
not askin you
but forcin you to partake
left my friends- the heartache
nontheless you move on
glided into junior year
studied hard with my peers
It's inevitable.
We all shout, cry, scream, and drown in our dark thoughts
But it's how we decide to fight those moments that makes us unique,
Me-
I go back in time.
fearful of my eyes, my mind, my lips spitting out someone else's secrets at any given second i could explode and everything within me the restrictions of tongue.
It was in early August when you first passed me by-
A whisper of a voice floating on the winds.
The harmonic notes danced
through
the
empty
space and captured my soul,
I have an infinite faith that never ends
within the obstacles that I face
there is a light of hope that shines
so bright in my heart and soul.
I have an infinite faith that god granted
You call at me like destiny
And fly out of my grasp with the wind
You tempt me with your grandeur
Only to take it all away with your greed
You invite me in
Like the sidewalk flower,
We develop from difficulties.
Struggling through cement,
We learn our lessons.
Like the sidewalk flower,
We overcome our obstacles.
Battling through bricks,
Life is tough I must admit.
Motivation, determination, it drives me not to quit.
When life gets hard I keep my head up,
even though im just a kid I act like a grown up.
So let's live,
And let love.
Where is this coming from?
My heart says yes,
In you I obsess.
And I'm losing my mind,
But I swear that it's fine...
Just commit me now,
A movie is playing
Inside my mind
The type I’ve come to expect
Not bygone moments
Captured in the essence of time
No,
These are the instants
Which have not occurred
Or may never at all
I guess I was wrong about you,
I'm sorry I wasted your time.
Kill my hope, my heart, my dreams, my soul, and mind.
It's time for you to destroy me,
What's left of me anyways.
You see that person,
you had a past,
you wish it didnt end that way.
You wish that it couldve last
but you realize you wouldve messed it up anyway.
But if there was another strike
Being black shouldnt discriminate, unike any other.
Being brown shouldnt mean i have to drown in this society.
Being brown should enable me to get a crown,just like any other.
Being black shouldnt be a set back.
Who are you to tell me what potential is?
The groomed, upstart young children
Getting ever luckier
While the rest
Wait
For their chance to shine and blow it
When they realize they’re so behind
Dream
of sleep
and wonder,
of cold rain
and thunder.
Dream
of something
exhilarating
and painful.
Dream of life by the handful.
Dream
of a smile
I lay under the sea of giants, standing tall and free,
Tilt and see a mural of brown, red, yellow, and green.
The overwhelming of colors I feel all mixed inside of me,
You don't need much to spread your wings
You don't need much to make others see
You don't need much to sing and sing
You don't need much to follow your dreams
All you need is to fly real high
Walls all around
Tears fall on the ground
Black is all i see
Fear wells up inside of me;
but there is always hope in view
A chance to start anew
Obstacles constanly stand in the way
Life is a flower
So sweet, aground
Yet breakable and beautiful
As there is to be found
Life is a bird
With wings that soar
Through the clouds
Up, up, evermore
There once was a dragon.
He breathed fire.
He was bright pink with golden stripes.
But he wasn’t a mean dragon.
He was a nice dragon who flew around and gave people cotton candy.
I get laughed at,
I get picked on,
I often feel like no one cares,
And I just keep my thoughts inside.
People can laugh at me, and even pick on me,
But no matter what,
I’ll follow my dreams.
Hey Dylan,
I’ve been here for you for a while now.
But for 19 years straight, you’ve been nothing but a villain.
Your love toward me, you disavow.
I didn’t do anything to deserve this.
With each puff,
Coming up to bind
The troubles ahead will soon unwind.
Ahead I go without a trace,
Into the wilderness soon I will face.
This is my time
When life at its peak is sublime.
It was about November when I
began my descent,
slowly, softly sinking.
That night it picked up like quick sand.
Clouded lungs to match my clouded mind.
Fists clenched tight,
Fire, light, inhale.
Breathe, obsorb the poison.
Deep breath, obsorb the smoke.
Feel The Addiction Take Over.
Breathe, obsorb the pain.
Deep breathe, obsorb the cancer.
Feel The Addiction Take Over.
Oh when the drugs wear out and the crash kicks in
painful glares pierce through yout thick skin
and it all comes down to who you are with in
not who you try to be, just to fit in
(poems go here)Since you were formed with your mothers promiscuity and your fathers control issues we knew you were going to be different. Knew the world might hold a grudge on you because of your broken down family tree.
My veins have capsized
drowing in their own fiery red
searing with the eternal implosion
called
impassive confusion.
The oven bells are ringing
calling the chickens home to roast.
Like a bird in a cage
She longs to fly now
Like one chosen for the kill
She waits to die now
Blasted and cursed
For all that she's done
Imagined friends in false jubilee is all that she's won
Millions say writing is what saved them.
Writing is all that they have.
And I am one to stand up, and agree.
Writing saved me from the dark hole my mind was creating when I had depression.
Lost! Alone! I wish I could die!
Scream the minds of the pawns with elongated chains
Attached to their wrists, ankles, and minds
Release us, we beg you! Oh please, release us!
When thousands of thoughts go through my head
When the everyday pace ceases to end
I close my mouth and open my heart
I write out the panic and all of the pain
This domino effect brings rushed worries and thoughts
When I’m standing at this ridge between today and tomorrow,
And I’m learning to fix my mouth to call myself a woman,
And l scratch for the crack of a niche in which I’ll fall into place,
I exhale and I write.
Slowly the years of my life go
and I sit here with nothing to show.
I look up at the beautiful sky,
not really caring whether I live or die.
Some things just can’t be described.
She was so happy.
She'd dance and laugh and run.
No cares or worries,
only innocence.
Then things began to change,
the innocence faded away,
and the first time broke her.
She's damaged and scarred,
It comes
Slowly
On the edge
It pushes
I push back
One more day free
Another crack
It comes
Quicker
Inside
It pushes
I nudge
One more day freed
The drips of red were flowing
As gravity pulled the liquid down
My left arm massacred
My right hand the murderer
Mist inside a hollow hole,
worn and torn with wear-
Edges, obsidian sharp
Heavy, with a golden weight
Barren earth and air,
So thick it's almost dry
Thunder cracks the ear
An unmistakable throb,
The pain of yesterday is calling my name today,
Promising me pain today,
Just like I felt yesterday.
I don’t want to cry today.
I don’t want to ask, “Why?” today.
It's kinda funny how when you're small all you dream about is growing tall and becoming an adult.
But they never said life would be this hard. It's not all sugar plums and fairy tales.
He laid there in his bed
Motionless, clinging to life by one single thread
His memories reflecting through his eyes
If only he had the chance to give one last goodbye
So tired and broken, frail and worn out
What is pain?
What are tears?
When you have a million questions with no fears.
Born to this world
Without a trace.
Left in the dark, left to defend.
And, you start so low.
But, come up so high.
She used to be an innocent girl
But the devil has changed her
Staring in a mirror
The reflection is a stranger
She yells out to God
With tears running down her cheek
Praying to become strong
