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The Rain Dance
When I was younger I never understood the dance. -
Ink Dipped Toes
Ink dipped toes now take the stage
Waiting for the music played
taking front and center stage.
My thoughts then start to swirl away.
And off she goes! My ballerina.
Inked dipped toes in white arena. -
Spell check is Necessary
*writing an email*
"YES, PLEASE CHECK YOUR WORK, ITS -----"
There's an N and an E, I know that for sure
But does C come before or after this? Or -
Untouched and Deserted
Like an old creaky door
I subconsciously protest
Like fading carpet
I'm silently frayed.
Like a crumbling wall
I am unpredictable
Like a tower of cards
I'll collapse right away. -
These robbers walk into a Store...
Rising: Two robbers enter a bagle shop. They roll in, and spend a few moments execcuting random ninja moves. Once they are sure no one is there, they becon off stag were a third robber enters, this one stumbles in and trips over a chair.
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How Dare you
How DARE it be the date it is
so close to school returning.
Tomorrow was a tiny thought
and now it’s hot and burning.
Dancing leaping red and gold
scorching hands and hurting souls
Loves
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The Selfless Teacher
The third-grade teacher who was always more than her job description demanded she be.
She was the one who held you when you'd cry,
supported you through academic challenges.
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Who I Was Isn't Who I Am
I am a 17-year-old girl who has jumped through several hoops to get to where I am today in life.
I have spent my teenage years healing the younger me.
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Healing Isn't Linear
Walk in a straight line they say,
They say you should have moved on by now.
Walk forward and never look back, they say.
Years.
It has taken me years to “walk in a straight line.”
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Watching
I am up
with the sun,
an ancient plate
in danger of breaking
holds pancakes
and fruit.
I wait
I watch.
The earliest wakers
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I Miss a Place That Doesn't Exist
For a long time
I'd have vivid dreams,
bursts of REM that gave me the illusive bliss
of being wherever
and the closest return
to the mind of a child
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The To-Do List of a Rising Senior
- email admissions counselor
- make common app account
- july 8 AP scores
- learn after effects
- saturday lead tiger class
- 10 assignment/wk gov; 6 assignment/wk econ
- pick up hospital badge and parking pa