13. Mistakes

You Promised Me........

The phone rang its annoying little ring and I ran to answer it. My friend’s mom was on the other line, the tone of her voice revealed shear terror. As she told me the situation tears pooled from my eyes. Her mother in sobs asked me if I could come to the hospital. I agreed and hung up my mom dropped me off and I would call her to come pick me up. As I walked up to the ICU the smell of rubber gloves and rubbing alcohol filled the air and my heart pounded loud in my chest. I was having major Deja Vous; the many years I had spent in the intensive care unit were all too relevant and clear in my mind. Coming back to earth I heard someone call my name and I followed the voice now knowing it was Erin’s mom. I walked into the room in which a fragile body lay lifeless in the hospital bed.
“Is she dead?” I asked as I started to cry.

This one won't be about you.
Even though I'm sure,
you think it will be.
But it's not.
Too much paper,
has been wasted on you.
Why go through it all again?
I wish you knew,
but you don't.
And when?
No.
You'll never know.
My pen will know,
before you know.
So it's not.
Not about you,
Unless it's this:
saying it's not.
Because I'm over you,
your staccato moods,
your stubborn blankness,
your shiny countenance.
Your not.
Nothing I thought.
It's not.
Not working,
Not happy,
Not you.
This isn't about you.
"Why?"
You might ask.
My answer:
Because.
It's just not.

By: Lea Martin
Westford Elementary School, 7

It was before a dance,
She made it a big deal.
We were all supposed to make plans,
I wish she could get real.

I want to forget it,
And for her to forgive me,
But I know that she wont,
I just want to be free.

I shouldn't have done it;
It was very wrong,
I lost a friend,
Without meaning to at all.

I try to talk to her,
But she doesn't talk back.
It seems like she hates me,
Let's just leave it at that.

I shouldn't have done it,
It was just a mistake.
I hope she can forgive me,
And we can be friends again someday.

As the wind breaths against my hair
I turn to face the mirror to see whats there.
My face is smiling, but my heart is crying,
I wish my reflection could show what I'm hiding.

Across the room, is a picture of me,
From days long ago, where I was free.
I'm standing straight, with a smile so real
Now a days, I can't even explain what I feel.

It happened so fast, I agreed to take a hit,
And now I always feel; so out of it.
I feel bad, for making that mistake,
I need to stop smoking and take a break.

Accident

The car, was going fast,
and the driver was tired.
Too tired.
So tired he was asleep.
They were both asleep,
and neither of them knew,
What was about to happen.
The car skidded.
More like flew, across the road,
The flying piece of iron,
Hit a tree, and the tree was big,
Too big.
The sound was loud.
The crashing of metal,
The crack of wood.
Sparks were flying, the fire had started,
Sirens and flashing lights,
Swarmed onto the scene, trying.
Trying to save two loved ones,
that were about to be lost.
But it was late.
Too late.
Two people died that day.
An uncle, brother, son, and soon to be father,
A grandfather, a dad, a husband, a loved one.
Although we are still recovering,
Things are better.
We will live through

My name is Addison Olevnik. I want to talk about what I have messed up in life. This is not just so I can rant about my problems, and none of this is made up, I am just stating my experiences in life to hopefully open your eyes, and to hopefully help you avoid mistakes.

Well lets start at the beginning of my education, elementary school. Starting at about 5th grade, I just never was able to do homework. There was a huge lack of interest, feeling school was just going to fly by. Well I was obviously wrong. Until 8th grade, it was the same, nearly failing due to lack of doing my homework. Even through all the meetings with teachers I just never started doing my homework.

Then came freshman year, grade 9. By 9th grade I was no better at doing my homework. Still had tons of meetings, detentions, and conflicts with parents. However by the end of grade 9, I ended up failing and missing half a credit. Well now I am at the end of 10th grade, and apparently that motivation of needing to make up that half credit didn't help any. I am now failing most of my classes, but now feel like I need to change that.

I sat down with several people and talked about different things. My study hall teacher Jan Noskey has been a ton of help this past month. After realizing I needed help, I talked with her about how I could get the fullest out of math courses. So she helped me with that, then afterwords we worked on improving my grades in other classes. It is probably too late to fix it, but it will be nice to actually try for once. Thanks to just her and my counselor, Robin Ellison, I finally have an understanding as to why education is important. Hopefully I will now be able to pick up the pace, and get somewhere in life.

I heard you say how much you love me,
Now life is not going so calmly.
I made a mistake and let you go,
That was like four weeks ago.
I realized that I made a mistake,
That has kept me wide awake.
I took you back in a flash,
Now I will make a dash,
To mend the heart I broke.
I know all this sounds like a big joke.
Now we are back together again,
And I will never do that again.

Craig Carpenter
11/30/07
young writers project

Mistakes

I make mistakes everyday whether it is talking back at my mom or fooling around at school. Most of the mistakes that I make are minor. With all the mistakes I make there was one that's going to haunt me forever. This one is one of the biggest mistakes I have have ever made.

Mistakes
I've made a lot of mistakes. But none of them were as big as the mistake I made last year. My mom, step dad, brother, and I all went to Wal-Mart. We were there for about two hours shopping for diapers and bottles for my little brother and supplies for our car.

Last summer, my family and I went to Sweden to visit relatives and friends. About 1 week into the trip we decided to go to the summerhouse, which is about 3 hours north, right near the arctic circle. (pretty much in the middle of nowhere).

We can forget about it right?
It never happened,
Who are you kidding?
I never,
Well I won't say that,
Instead I won't lie,
I'll just never deny it,
Just skip around the topic,
But again,
What topic?
That never happened.

She sat in her room and cried
Alone in the corner all by herself
She could not face the reality
The cold reality of what had happened

Could she ever get over it?
Would her heart ever heal?

These answers she did not know
She might not even know
All she could do was sit and cry
She could only do what felt better

Would he call her again?
Was everything really over?

By Greta L.A. Zarro
Rice Memorial High School, Grade 9

I glide across the surface,
Contemplating the practice ahead.
I want to do my best,
Try my hardest,
Keep a mind as clear and open as a summer’s sky.

Pounding through the jumps and spins,
Disappointment enters my expression.
My smile changes to a frown,
Like a sunset going down.

I made several mistakes:

By Sierra Cruikshank
Rochester High School, Grade 9

I am too afraid to ask her
To see if maybe she regrets
The things I have taken
From her perfect silhouette.
I see the pictures of another time
Another world
Before I was born,

In hockey, when the whistle blows for a penalty, the player has a time out for making a terrible mistake. When he goes in the penalty box, that mistake can possibly be forgiven. After two minutes he knows not to do it again, or does he?...