It Hurts

By Alana H.

It hurts sometimes, the feelings of my love to you.

When I think about it, I am just too shy.

Even though, no matter how much I try,

I just get hurt every time.

My feelings are just too strong.

No matter what I do, it still is not enough for you.

Because I love you so much,
with a single touch,
you make me feel like I'm in heaven.

But reality just keeps making me lonely

No matter how I feel,
I will keep trying,
Till the very end no matter what happens.

So it's going my way
for the feelings I feel.
for the two of us, god bless.

The Power of Windex

By Ingrid M.

Flying across the evening sky on wings
More sinister than darkest dusk by far
Soars the king of all flying city kings:
The crow – of all the birds, the brightest star.

So high above the dirty city streets
That cars look like small lizards on the run.
Ever upward, the rising moon he greets
While bidding fond farewells to setting sun.

O royal bird so high above us all!
O rising rag of darkness in the light!
He laughs at them; they barely hear his call,
So far is he beyond their weak ears' might.

Crash! Into the office window he flies—
Its glow, akin to starlight, fooled his eyes.

Song of a True Loving Heart

By Alana H.

Under the grazing sun,
On a sad humid rainy day,
I start wondering about life.
Then I think about me, then I think about you.
I say as though I'm a different person,
"A romantic life is never meant for the two of you."

Just sitting alone in this part,
I start wondering about how we met.
It was a new school year.
But I wasn't on time.
When I came in, you were there.
Then I saw you, and I was not clear.
I started hating you for a while, and
then it started to change.

I just want you to know,
About the feelings that I felt.
It hurts so deep inside me, every day.
I just felt so confused about how you feel.
I just want to know from you what is real.
That is why I feel so shy around you.
Although I know what I say is true,
I know that my feelings never changed for you.

My heart feels so confused
about what I want to say to you.
Although it was very hard,
Every time I was around you.
Now sitting on a swing in the park
I start to cry.
No matter how much the pain is
I won't lie.
It's just that I made my decision,
And now I can't regret.
I know what I did,
And I must not change.
I did not cheat, or be cheap any way.
Life is so hard, so why must it be easy?
I just know that I've made my way of living.
I just know my heart is in pain.
So why must it be this way,
Thinking about this just ruins my day.

Under the grazing sun,
On a sad, humid rainy day,
You appear before me,
Soaking wet.
You run toward me and you hold me tight.
I start to say as a different person,
"A romantic life is never meant for the two of you."
You held me more tight and you start to say,
"Even if we are not meant to be, I
still love you any way."

She Has It

By Marcus B.

I once had a smile
And once I had laughs

At once it was a while
For me to remember back

She was a vision for all to see
She was a picture for me to keep

She has a smile that grabs your eyes
She has a laugh that could make you cry

She has a face to perfect to touch
She has hair, it's long just enough.

She has everything – she is complete
She has everything that I need.

Life's a Struggle These Days

by Marcus B.

All I see nowadays is problems in life
where everybody has something they want to fight.
Being poor must be like fate
cause all these rich people act so fake.
Old traditions fade away with the times
like how young kids become the center of strife
or how girls at 15 being pregnant is common
and 18 years old to smoke cigarettes isn't a problem
But getting pregnant is a being deal
like a permanent scar that will never heal.
Smoking cigarettes must be fun
About as cheap as a hand held gun
When rules and codes mean nothing anymore
And people go around making more and more
How turning 18 means getting a job
And living life seems like a whole lot.
Hitting a girl must make you strong
Because you always think you're never doing the wrong.
It's a lot harder than it really seems
And going to school isn't cool anymore
N***a's rather just end up poor
Like parents being strict on fresh little kids
for every little bad thing they did
Like when your mom cries at night alone
and you're sitting here reading this poem.
Life isn't easy for anyone these days
It's a struggle just finding a way.

Alone in the Dark

By Damian M.

I was once told life is hard,
Well for all intents and purposes they were right,
A lot, if not for all the time I will live on this earth,
I will feel in the dark…alone.
See, I will go through life, known and unknown.
I will wonder how things work and never find how.
I will have questions that will go unanswered,
I will show my brave side and one day become a leader,
But be forgotten as I get old and replaced by a new generation.
I will try to succeed in being me,
But fail, and grow.
But even as I grow, I will fall for my legs will fail me.
All this is me, and all this is in the dark.
I will fall and while I fall the hand that is to grab me will slip.
As I fall the dark awaits me.
As I fall, the darkness is not on my mind, it is the
Leader I once was, and how I help those who I consider my friends,
It how I will remember, and as I fall I look up, and see, not darkness,
But a new generation, and I smile,
Because I now know
Being in the dark is not so bad,
It being alone that really killed, till I found a meaning in life.
That meaning was a friend.

^_^- Damian

Meaning:
The meaning to this poem is that, nothing is meaningless.
I won't tell you that every thing can be achieved, but if you find one thing you like
And settle on that, you can be successful. Even when in the dark, you can make life
Meaningful, by finding that one person, or people that find the heart in you.
Show you care, because people like that hard to find and if you give your all to them
They will do the same to you.
I believed this and every day, I get a little stronger and in my own little way,
I become the best.

^_^ Damian

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