Friday, December 5th- Sonnet

You were an avalanche in my set way

I never knew someone could mean so much

You always brought to me a means to pray

I now realize you were my biggest crutch.

You tore out my helpless, lost, lonely heart

I cried for you a thousand moon light nights

You would not come to my bedside in aid

I would scream your name through my endless tears.

You brought a limitless amount of pain

I had to remove myself from your trap

You left me, again, to bring yourself gains

I cut myself out of your deadly wrap

But you knew I could not stay away long

My love for you still runs wearily strong.

Thursday, December 4th- Unrequited Love

When you're fifteen and walk into a new school you have the goal of finding new friends and fitting in. After a month or so you have a pretty solid friend group and are introduced to a boy. You immediately recognize that he's sweet and attractive, but you are too timid to say anything. Being in high school means any first relationship will be a little awkward, but you rejoice when he finally asks for your number. At first it is innocent talking then you become best friends. A couple months pass and you realize your true feelings and you finally have the courage to admit you have a crush. The problem is he now has a girlfriend. You continue to talk as best friends until he realizes your feelings. He apologizes for not knowing and says he wishes he would have known sooner, but it wouldn't feel right to break up with his girlfriend now. You calmly agree and wish everything would have started differently. His friends tell you he feels awful about the situation and misses you as a friend, but knows his girlfriend would be jealous if he were to continue to talk to you.

A few months pass and he texts you saying "It's been a while". As the conversation continues he tells you that he broke up with his girlfriend a month earlier. You ask why and he tells you this: "The first time I saw you I tripped where I was walking and knew I had to be with you. I couldn't tell what your feelings were and didn't want to ask. I couldn't stay with my girlfriend because it would not have been fair for her." My heart filled with joy because I knew I finally had a chance. Until three weeks later when he asked another girl to be his girlfriend.

After a year of going back and forth with him and never making it official I finally realized that I would never be the girl he loved. I had fallen head over heels for a boy who saw me as nothing and finally I had the strength to walk away from this unrequited love.

Tuesday, December 2nd - Top Secret

On a cold, snowy winter day I wrap myself up in layers of blankets.
You turn on the shower as I begin to fall asleep.
I am startled out of my dreary state when I hear you talking.
"ISIS took the White House over. We have to act as quickly as possible. No reporters can know that the president has been killed. We have to find a way to drive them out before they do something devastating."
I sit in fear as you walk out of the bathroom.
You realize I overheard everything.
You rush to me and tell me, as I shake, that everything will be fine.
I cry and ask how long this has been happening.
You tell me that I've already heard enough and need to stay in the house today.
You squeeze me tight then rush out the door trying to think of ways to save the world.
I roll myself back up in the covers and pray for God to save our country.

Friday, November 21st- Ekphrasis

CaptainWheeler

The breath of life you take as you open this magical story is one that you cannot get if you feel any other way.

The capturing of knowledge from the tiny print upon a page is like breathing in fresh air after staying inside for a hundred years.

The same ink, stale and bitter, on the stiff pages as you feed your mind through your eyes.

You continue to read, learn, nourish your soul with these words from authors with names you could never pronounce correctly.

The art of writing is so extreme and can build your heart and break it back down in less than two words.

You breath out as you read the last period on a page knowing you took a journey with these characters that threw you around, made me cry, made you happy. It was an unbelievable journey you will never forget until your dying breath.

Knowledge is everything and books feed you knowledge.

Thursday, November 20th- Emotions

There are times in your life when many emotions conflict. You can't decide if you should be disgusted, angry, joyful, sad, or scared. It's like there is a massive battle in your head with all these little emotions screaming at you.

Anger seems to say "GET FIRED UP. GET MEAN. GET BACK. IT'S THE ONLY WAY."

Sadness fights back and says "Just go home and eat potatoes and cry. Nothing good will happen anyway. Just be sad."

Disgust screams at you saying "THOSE PEOPLE ARE A BUNCH OF GROSS,  UNSANITARY LOSERS. JUST GET OVER IT. YOU ARE BETTER THAN THEM."

Then Fear strikes and tells you "It might happen again. You can't fight back because they'll be worse. You can't be sad because you will seem weak. Just suck it up and try not to get food poisoning."

But Joy needs to be the  loudest voice in your head. She should say "You will learn from this experience. You should be happy that those people are out of your life. Stay positive!"

You can never decide which emotion to use. You vary between emotions depending on the day, but remember to always try and let joy be the biggest voice.

Want some advice on these emotions? See Pixar's movie Inside Out this June!

Tuesday, November 18- Treason & Historical Fiction

Oh here, oh here, listen here as we tell,
the plot to kill the man known as the devil,
the man who killed innocent people because of their looks and religion,
While this plot greatly failed,
it still goes to show just  how hated he was,
Hitler, that soulless man, had his own people turning against him.

That suitcase looked oh so plain to anyone around,
but in reality it was anything but innocent,
This suitcase held the key to life for millions of people,
the bomb that would kill Hitler.

As any great murderous coup goes,
it failed oh so gravely,
in the streets of the saddened Germany,
with this bomb exploding and killing the carrier instead of the gift-opener.

Hitler learned about this plan,
exposing all who were apart of it,
And killed them all.

Monday, November 17th- Found Poem

This past summer I got a Eurorail pass and travelled around Europe.
I loved it so much.
Europe is gorgeous.
Everybody has a fake-grunge way and wears jeans that fit just right.
I'm not good at this.