I was once part of another.
Another that cared for me.
Then I was set free.
I started to gently glide to the Earth below me.
I am just a small, black dot in the huge blue sky.
As I glide down, I hope to meet another.
A companion that will continue my journey with me.
I will settle down for a while with my companion.
Then, as the wind blows again, we journey into the world.
As our trip in the sky continues, we will stay together.
Just as last time, the journey, ends and we land in a field.
A better environment for us to stay together in.
Every once in a while, the wind will blow us a tiny bit.
As my companion and I grow older, we become used to our situations and
all of the problems to be solved.
We understand the dangers of our habitat.
Even though we are still young, my companion was taken.
Taken by a force that is stronger than both of us combined.
The wind blows again, as I am gently lifted into the sky.
This time, I am taking the trip alone.
Maybe I will find another.
Another that will be as kind and understanding as my last.
I am still young now.
Up above, I see another of my kind.
Another companion to join me.
As soon as we meet, the wind stops, and my companion and I land safely
in the grass.
I will spend my life with the companion that is by my side now, and I
hope that the memories will stay with me forever.
- Kim
Yours Truly
Now that I am with you, all seems right ever since that first night.
A love for you my heart has gained taking away all the pain.
Together forever in love's embrace awaiting challenges we must face.
An enchanting place awaiting us where our love will grow.
Laughing, running, and playing in the fields, still our love will build.
I will show you a world the likes of which you do not know.
Enlightening strolls past the waterfalls where our names are called.
Together forever as one awaiting that special day as it draws near.
Won't you please marry me, my dear?
This dream may seem inconceivable, but true.
Just the way I felt when I met you.
- Chiefy
My Love
Every time my love passes by I feel like I could fly
And every time she says hi my heart goes into overdrive
Her voice brings a smile to my face & my heart beats at a quickened pace
She has something that I can't resist, but the only problem is getting her
Words do no justice to her charm
I dream that someday we'll walk arm in arm
Now that we are together my life's complete
Resisting her charm has finally got me beat
Her gentle touch I love so much & she has a kiss so sweet
Being with her is such a treat
My love for her is so strong with a feeling as deep as this
I know my heart can't be wrong.
- Chiefy
Do You Know What It Would Be Like To Die?
How would it feel to one day, just die?
I've felt like I've wanted it time after time
To float, a free soul, on an endless high
Sometimes all I need is to shout out and cry
For life is a shame, a huge waste of time
If you are already deadened inside
I feel no emotion but suicide
And how much I crave to leave life behind
The only thing keeping me here is you
To stare in your eyes is all I need to do
To keep me sane, to keep me true
To keep death from taking it all much too soon
How would it feel to one day, just die?
If it weren't for my love for you, I'd say goodbye
I would pull this trigger, and end this sad life
But you are my angel, you'll stay by my side
You've filled up my heart with gladness and pride
Thoughts of you swallow and entrance my mind
Not once have you ever just left me behind
Yet, how would it feel to one day, just die....?
- Heather, age 14
Blissful Inside
If you need to go, I might as well, too
For if you die, I will die with you
I'm hungry for you when you push me around
I feel love in my soul when I'm falling down
I fly, half awake, with the night at my side
Thinking of my life, all worn out and dry
In your eyes, the emotionless holes keep me sane
And I want you to screw with my mind again
These chains that surround me are chains which you've made
And as I thrash around, I'm glad that I'm saved
Your fingers touch my skin, and they hold no truth
But matters it doesn't, for I'm safe with you
Your arms hold me now in a shallow embrace
And my eyes linger over the hate in your face
You tell me you love me, you tell me it's real
You say I'm your all, but you won't let me feel
My lips cool the fever of nothing within
I feel so forgiven within all this sin
Hold me so tight, but please let me loose
I've killed everything just to feel this with you
I die almost peaceful, the night at my side
The gun's at my temple, all worn out and dry
My eyes burn with tears from the pleasure you give
I'm so blissful inside that I don't want to live
- Heather, age 14
A Runaway
as she sits in her room,
she thinks to herself
about her life
and she cries
she thinks about
the nights they shared
"i promise" from his comforting lips
echoes in her mind
now all she hears
is the silence of the phone
as she watches the passing of time
she wonders if he really cared
she just wants to leave this place
all her life she's been insulted
and problems is all she faced
now all she dreams about is
life outside
the barred doors
the yellow lines of the highway
take her further from home
she watches families pass by
and she feels all alone
back at home
her mother calls the police and,
as you know what they say
she's just another name
classified as a runaway
- Samantha, age 16
My Teddy Bear
My teddy bear
has no name.
I sleep with him
every night.
He is very old,
but I still keep him
in good sight.
- Marielisa, age 7
My Sister
My sister has two faces
One is soft,
The other is hard.
Her soft side is nice and warm
We can talk
We can laugh
We can have fun all day
But when her friends are around
It hurts me by things she may say
To her, I'm a leech
That clings and follows her everywhere
I'm also an itch that won't go away.
She is my sister
And always will
And nothing can change how I feel
She is one I hate to love
And love to hate
She is my sister
And always will
And nothing can change how I feel
She has more bad than good
But she is my sister
And always will.
- Mallory, age 15, 1999
Deserts might be hot
But frozen tundra definitely not
Plains are flat
But mountains, nowhere close to that
A valley is pretty low
But a volcano, oh no
A canyon could be deep
But a plateau is very steep
- Aaron, age 10
Habitat
If you cut down something's habitat
How would you feel if they did that
Then in place of their habitat
You'd make buildings out of that and
cut down trees from other habitats
But then the building pollutes by
letting their smokestacks go puff,
puff, puff
And blow out that ugly stuff
So don't cut down something else's
habitat
How would you feel if they did that
to you
- Aaron, age 10
Pollution
We need a solution
For pollution
An answer
Because pollution causes cancer
To our brains
From acid rain
From your chin
To your shin
Pollution will never let us win
- Aaron, age 10
Friendship
I'm sure that everyone has friends.
I'm sure that they all get in fights with you and you
seem to always make up.Friendship is very important to all of us.
Having friends lets us know that people really do
care about you and how you are feeling.Losing a friend is very hurtful to all of us.
Whether it's death that set you apart or whether it
was just some stupid argument.When one of your friends pass away there's nothing
that you would rather do then just cry your eyes outand pray that they would come back.Having a friend that was so caring, so loving, so sweet,
and so tenacious to reach their goals pass away on youmakes you think.It makes you think of how you wish you never fought with them.
It makes you think "Why them?"
It makes you think that you are never going to fight
with any of your friends, even if it may not always be true.But most of all it makes you think of the good times you had with them
and how you always laughed with them,even if it was about the stupid things that people do or say.Even if a friend does pass away, you never really lose them.
You're always going to treasure them close at heart.
Don't ever let go of a friend just because they are no longer alive,
Keep their hearts close to yours
and treasure the friendship you have had with them.Your friend, that is now up in heaven, and in a greater place
is not just your friend,Now, they are your guardian angel.
- Heather
Dedicated to Jacqueline and Rachel
Blue
Blue is the crisp, bright morning sky
That opens up the world.
Blue is a rubber balloon
That flies hopelessly away to the heavens above.
Blue is a wrinkled piece of paper
That a child shown proudly to his mother.
Blue is the twinkling eyes of a girl
That is filled with endless laughter.
Blue is the sleek feathers of a bluebird
That soars without fear in the cloudless sky.
Blue is the sparkling sea
That stretches far beyond wonder.
Blue is the cry of a hungry kitten
That has given up hope.
Blue is the tears of the sky
That washes away color.
Blue is the long, unforgiving winter
That is overcome with grief.
Blue is the worry of an abandoned child
Who predicts the future to come.
Blue is when sadness
Overcomes one's soul.
- Kristina, age 11, California (Color poem)
Moon
Silvery face of hope
Past creation of desire
Silence in the sky
As one wonders how afar
Could peace be eternity.
- Kristina, age 11 (Tanka poem)
blink
when i blink
everything seems to sink
right before my mind
and under my eyes
i can't even begin to tell
how many times i've slipped
once, twice, and right into love
- will, age 16
Puffing Billy
There is a railway station at Belgrave in the hills
and many people visit it for happiness and thrills.
Old "Puffing Billy" is a train that runs on lots of steam.
He huffs and puffs on narrow rails - his whistle's like a scream.
Noise echoes in the forest and throughout the countryside
and when he crosses wooden bridges, wombats run and hide.
The engine is all green and red, the wheels are big and strong.
I really do not understand what makes it go along.
He has three or four long carriages where all the people go
and kids lean out and wave at cows. The journey is quite slow.
The signals are enormous, much higher than the train
They change from red to green - that's GO - and then change back again
When we returned, got off the train, the driver called to me
"Would you like to come up here with me?" I answered "Golly Gee!"
I climbed in every single place and played at just pretending.
One day perhaps I'll drive this train, till then this story's ending.
- Joy Chellew, adult
The Kangaroo and Me
I wandered out to GUMTREE LAND
All alone with nothing planned
I asked a passing KANGAROO
"Please tell me where you're going to."
She stopped here hopping, twitched her nose
Scratched her tummy with her toes
Rested back upon her tail
Said "I on my way to get my male."
"I didn't know that 'roos could write!
and there's no letterbox in sight.
Who sends you letters way out here?
Who brings the mail? It isn't clear."
The mother KANGAROO just laughed
her little JOEY said "You're daft!
It's not a letter we are after.
We're off to meet my BIG RED FATHER."
"Are you old enough for school?
They will teach you every rule.
KANGAROOS are also bright
but we can't spell and we don't write."
Off they hopped to meet BIG RED
and sadly I walked home instead.
My Mum ran out "You've got a letter!"
Mail always makes you feel much better.
- Joy Chellew, adult
(Joey = baby kangaroo,
Big Red = a large reddy-brown male kangaroo)
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