MPitS - Anderson Valley High School

MPitS

Anderson Valley High School

2006/2007

THE KING

The big man with gloves gets ready to rumble in the ring.

He's doin' his thing in the ring.

Showin' his stance to the audience.

All over the world little boys and girls

Get their costumes on to watch the big fight.

They wish just one night

They will become him.

To swing the glove and be declared the winner.

After just one punch the ref would shout,

"He's out by that knock-out!"

The kids will jump for joy.

Go to bed.

Wish they were him.

In their dreams

they are.

Brandon D
7th Grade
Anderson Valley Jr. High School

GRANDPA

Grandpa, why did you have to go?

I loved you so!

I wish I could be up there with you, to laugh with you.

I wish I had a minute to tell you how much I love you!

I miss you and I want you back.

You were always there for me,

When I fell, when I cried!

I didn't even get to see you!

But I wish I could be with you!

I want you to know, if you are up there,

"I will always love you!"

Irving J
7th Grade
Anderson Valley Jr. High School

MY SILLY DREAMS

I see the dark blue sky.

It was shining on my life before.

Shining really bright.

I wish I could go back.

Back when there were no scars on my arms.

Back when my family was together.

Back when everything was alright.

I found myself today,

But when I found myself, I tried to run away.

Something pulled me back.

It was the voice of reason I forgot I had.

All I know now is that yesterday is gone.

Right now I belong to this moment and my silly dreams.

I've not yet given up.

I'm still kind of strong.

Even if everything has gone wrong.

The scars on my arms will fade.

I'll be free once again.

I'll be patient and I'll be good.

Anonymous
7th Grade
Anderson Valley Jr. High School

STUCK

Stuck in the cage of my soul.

Let me out.

Let me free.

I want to be who I want to be.

My whimpers go unheard,

Surrounded by my thoughts.

Alone.

Stuck.

Why?

Why me?

Leave me be!

I'm stuck here.

Stuck.

Lucy
7th Grade
Anderson Jr. High School

SHUT UP!

Shut up!

Go away!

Leave me be!

I will be me.

You have no say.

You have no opinion.

If you step on me,

I will leave.

I am me.

Let me be.

I will do as I want.

Be courageous and funny.

Have no shame.

My opinions are what I want.

They matter to me and if you don't like them,

too bad.

They say you are your biggest enemy.

This is true.

I truly am.

Kristen A
7th Grader
Anderson Valley Jr. High School

BEAUTY

I'm weird.

You're weird.

The teacher's weird.

Cats are weird.

Dogs are weird.

My sister is weird.

My writing is weird.

My clothes are weird.

My room is weird.

My hair is weird.

My drawings are weird.

My cousins are weird.

The world is weird.

That's just the way I see things sometimes.

I am beautiful.

You're beautiful.

The teacher's beautiful.

Cats are beautiful.

Dogs are beautiful.

Everything's beautiful all the time.

Anar
7th Grader
Anderson Valley Jr. High School

HAPPINESS

Sun is up.

Sun is down.

Sky is clear and beautiful.

Sky with clouds and ugly.

Good weather.

Bad weather.

Friends are with me.

Friends go away.

I sit down and draw a cross.

I make me happy.

Friends come back.

Last night I went to sleep.

I woke up and took a bath at 6:00.

I felt new and ready for school.

I finished my homework.

I love my friends.

I was hungry.

I went to my friend's house.

It was cool.

Chava
7th Grader
Anderson Valley Jr. High School

FRIENDSHIP

Arguing, loving, yelling, hugging.

Disagreements that flair so high.

Anger that doesn't stop.

Higher and higher it soars.

Yelling, screaming.

Disagreements that flair so high.

No listening involved.

No understanding.

No trust.

No friendship.

On other occasions -

Laughter, happiness, fun, frolicking.

You joke.

You play.

You trust.

You listen.

When tempers flair

There is no air.

Stuck back and forth

happiness, sadness,

Agreement, disagreement.

Fighting is what happens.

It happens day and night.

It will not stop.

It just thrives on me.

I have pride.

I will not be silenced.

I don't know what to do.

Do I fold or fight?

Do I stay or go?

I wish she would stop!

A quick temper is what she possesses.

A long-term memory for me.

We wear on each other

Until one day,

We crack.

Ground away from too much time.

Friendship or enemies?

Kristen A
7th Grader
Anderson Valley Jr. High School

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