Disenchanted, disappointed All illusions tossed to the side of the road. All future hopes are now hidden away Into a dark, deep corner of the mind. When all you wanted was the best, to be great Is it so bad to have had expectations and hopes? What could I have done better? What should I have done differently? What can I do to fix it?
Comfy red velvet chair, And books in piles, falling over: Who Lives Under the Snow? In the Town All Year Round, Harry Potter (Careful not to lose the bookmark!) Don’t slip on the paper skyscraper slowly crumpling next to the chair (Its tubes are not as strong as Willis Tower steel.) Small boys were here: T-Rex and Stegosaurus are friends, attacking the radiator together.
Silence. That's what they want and think they have achieved. But can you ever truly silence someone who has a story to tell? My voice may have been muted but my story will not be lost. My eyes scream out of the pain the hardship the injustice. There's always a story to be told. Sometimes you have to listen with your other senses to discover what is behind the silence.
Disenchanted, disappointed
ReplyDeleteAll illusions tossed to the side of the road.
All future hopes are now hidden away
Into a dark, deep corner of the mind.
When all you wanted was the best, to be great
Is it so bad to have had expectations and hopes?
What could I have done better?
What should I have done differently?
What can I do to fix it?
Why do I take all the blame?
WORDS by:V.Schneider
ReplyDeleteFirst words
Uttered to mama
Up I go as
She swirls me around
Kisses my lips
Begs to hear more
Words come
Easy now
It is all I can do
Can’t remember
Learning how
Speech
Come so freely
Emotion took a hold
Words make trouble
Taken
Words muffled with restraints
Chains upon
My voice
Living Room by S. Lane
ReplyDeleteComfy red velvet chair,
And books in piles, falling over:
Who Lives Under the Snow?
In the Town All Year Round,
Harry Potter
(Careful not to lose the bookmark!)
Don’t slip on the paper skyscraper slowly crumpling next to the chair
(Its tubes are not as strong as Willis Tower steel.)
Small boys were here:
T-Rex and Stegosaurus are friends, attacking the radiator together.
Muzzled by S. Preston
ReplyDeleteSpeak smart
Don’t let it slip out
That you could be from where
Ebonics is our shout
Speak smart
Annunciate those ending sounds
For who knows
What repercussions may abound
Speak smart
Your future is on the line
Colleges will ignore
Careers will decline.
Speak smart
You have something to prove
To a nation that’s awaiting
A certain wrong move.
Speak smart
A culture has high hopes
To see us overcome
A long history that began with ropes.
Silence.
ReplyDeleteThat's what they want and think
they have achieved.
But can you ever truly
silence
someone who has a story to tell?
My voice may have been muted
but my story will not be lost.
My eyes scream out
of the pain
the hardship
the injustice.
There's always a story to be told.
Sometimes you have to listen
with your other senses
to discover what is behind the
silence.