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Struggling to move my feet

Couldn’t move, only felt the cold concrete

Darkness flooded my surroundings, still stuck in place

Fresh breeze, I take my first step and everything is lost in space

I look around puzzled to see a darker darkness

Reached for warmth only to feel tarnish

Staying away, avoiding to be deceived

My mind lead me away, told me what I wanted to believe
-Amani Campbell

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Most of them can able to describe happiness
Makes me want to clap
Others can describe sadness       Can make you feel guilty
Make you feel like trash
Even make you salty

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Just twelve weeks until summer
Only this time, it won't be a bummer
And no, I don't want to stay inside
Nor do I want to cry
I see cousins making smores
And aunts assigning chores
Water balloons being popped
Music speakers being dropped
Lotería being played
and bets being made
Summer, you're so close
But who knows?
I might as well prepare
Before I run out of ideas to spare.
-Esmeralda Garcia

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Smiles can be bright,
just like the daylight
But they can hide endless pain,
that we can't contain
Your smile can be hateful,
but don't make it painful
You smile with ease,
when you say cheese
It's been awhile,
I miss your smile.

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Maybe we weren’t enough

I watched as she threw out your stuff

Weeks later, time ticked by

And I still haven't gotten the chance to say hi

I watched as tears rolled down her face

As I took her into my embrace

Years later I come to find out

Exactly what this was all about

And even then, not once I hear

The words “I’m sorry my dear”
-Belzebeth R

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This dream is never ending
Shouldn't I still be standing
Why can't you give me a hand
I'm still wondering why can't I
stand
I could've gone
So where did I go wrong
This dream is ongoing
If I was so cruel shouldn't I be falling
This is love I've been dreaming
about
So why do I want to get out
So my question is where did i go wrong ?
- Mia Garcia

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I wanted to run, but no where to hide.
I feel the worst when there is no reason for me to pride
When I look at you all I will ever see is fear
You make me afraid of whats to come near
Im trapped in a world that nobody will ever see
I want you here ,here with me
You make me wonder about what I used to be
I hate that I still think of u even after all these tears
but no matter what you've put me through I will never forgive you
I drink my nice cold brew not knowing what to do.
I feel trapped , and not being able to choose what I need to do.-Kassandra G.

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I wake up then everything goes dark
Nothing in sight not a single spark
I am living in fear of what is coming
I hear something it sounds like a soft buzzing
I wake up thinking its just a dream
But looking up I see it wilderness that surrounds me
How did I get here and what is happening here
I think it is looking for me I can tell its near
I try to make my escape but it is far too late
I realize that its my fate
I see the creature that has been chasing me
Its time, it has finally caught up its the end and I am finally free.
- Valeria De Dios

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I fall asleep as a distraction
Or sometimes just to avoid human interaction
Laying there in my bed
Trying to escape the voices that lingering in my head
I close my eyes
Hoping to go into a world filled with beautiful lies
-Quelina Dedman

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Your touch from that night resonates within me

It roars like the pulling of the tide against a winter sea

As I try to look back and remember that night

I gravitate towards the endless feeling that made you the love of my life

Your thumb stroked against my cold, cold shoulder

And you told me things, things you've never told her

I'll always be yours, is it true, what you said?

As we stand there in the evening, remembering the dead

In that long embrace, I had come to console your pain

But all you did was laugh as if I was the one who had lost what I'd so easily gained

Thank you for loving me, now, then, and forever

That long embrace you gave only made my smiles better.
- Elannah Geronimo

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when you sleep you get the unwanted dream, where demons drown your wings, they like to feed off the bad energy, when you get down on your knees and you start to weep, once caught in their trap they make you wish you never came back, and stay in the eternal darkness.

by:andres chavelas

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They say I'm loved
yet I feel so unloved
They shove and trap me no escape
They tell others i'm happy
But I'm so unhappy
They praise the unknown
and display their success
I try to impress and bless
Now we raise a glass for a better...
Victoria T

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The best thing you can do is love.
It makes the person feel like  their flying almost like a dove
Its like making honey
There is no need to have money
Soon you'll have a family
And you'll live in harmony
So when you grow old
And the money starts to go
You won't be blue
Because there will be a person waiting for you

- melanie c.

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As time ticks on the clock

Our hair starts to change

Out body grows weaker

Our vision gets worse

We know see the word differently

As now our kids have kids and those kids have kids

Our world is now modernized
and we are now called "Old School"

by the day we grow wiser

and by the year we grow older

-Vanessa Alvarez

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As summer comes to an end we are greeted by a new beginning
We begin advertising
When the leaves wither
What becomes of us is abandoners
We begin to abandon the not so distant past
And we begin to go avast
We abandon the lifestyle we lived not to long ago
And we begin to go
We go and experience the new season of Fall.
But of course everything comes to an end.
And just like what happened to Summer
Fall is abandoned.
-Julian Lara

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While all of us were being born,
who would've known this world is so poor
Gangs, drugs and violence everywhere
Its like they have no lives to spare
And we grow older every day
death will take our lives away
So as we keep getting older and older
Our hearts will get colder and colder
So even if you try to turn, you cant
Because this is the point of no return
- Justin Zavala

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Some people hate Fall.
But just some, not all.
I personally think it's a delight.
even though there are some things to despite.
some people hate the skeleton trees.
but i enjoy them because you can now see the birds and bees.
I love seeing the nature turn orange and brown.
it leaves me without a frown.
-zeena al samdaee

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I fee like I am trapped.
All because I napped.
As fear consumes me
I decide to flee
Realizing I have fell
Into a dark well
As I close my eyes
I wake up to see the skies.
As a sign of relief
I realize fear is a Thief
-Andrea Monreal

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2020 was a decent year
Never knew I would be in fear
Going outside was not allowed
Not even going to a playground
Promoting through middle school
Right through a screen
Going into highschool wishing
I can scream
Going out to get some gas
I’m forced to wear a really dumb mask
Having friends that disappear
Made me realize 2020 was a really bad
Year
-Carlos Soza

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Wake up, back pain, stare up in the mirror and
See some really tired eyes followed by some weird hands
Feeling thirsty, I want a sip from the fountain of youth
But I know that time keeps ticking, it's unavoidable truth
Don't walk anymore unless it's down memory lane
Remembering the times and the memories made
It's not a bad thing I've enjoyed all the moments
It was only for a short time but I experienced all emotions
Laying down counting sheep as I wait to head off to sleep
Time for me has reached the finish line, I'm at the final leap

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As time ticks on the clock
Our hair starts to change
Out body grows weaker
Our vision gets worse
WE know see the word differently
As now our kids have kids and those kids have kids
Our world is now modernized and we
now called "Old School"
by the day we grow wiser
and by the year we grow older
-Vanessa Alvarez

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There is something I realized as I got older.

I watched as the people I once knew became colder.

I grew up to recognize that this world I called home was now a nightmare.

Came to be that I wasn’t prepared.

Time flies by

All I could do is sigh

I was in elementary school when I suddenly closed my eyes.

I opened them and there I am in high school, what a surprise

But I know I’ll be alright because I’ll trust the one and only

To lend me a hand when I’m feeling lonely.

- Lesley Galindo

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The plane was going down.
Bad thoughts in my head were floating around.
Couldn't tell if I was making it out.
The Engine was roaring loud. Everyone's face wasn't looking proud.
All I could hear were screams.  It seemed as if it was all a bad dream.
- Joseph alvarenga

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As I sleep I begin to weep
in my dreams that bring me so much heat
In the real world I'm under so much pressure, I can't take it anymore I need a refresher.
A land where it's cool and fun,
But a little overdone.
When the sun hits my face
I feel like I can run
Away from all problems
That's a little more than one
The sky turns black it's like I'm back to normal.
In my dream when I need a fresh start,
All I get is a slap to the heart.
-Celine Contreras (P.5)

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Sometimes I forget that childhood was only five years ago.
Sometimes I miss the feeling of not riding solo.
Sometimes I look in the mirror and don't know what is staring back.
Sometimes I wish I could fall fast asleep and forget the world's comparing plaque.
Sometimes I try to fail to not remember the night,
where you walked out into those headlights.

Only for a second I'll forget the world's beauty.
Only for a second I will stand and remember people have lost their fiduciary duty.
Only for a second I'll think back to the days where life wasn't a maze.
Only for a second I'll have the phase where I remember all those Sundays.
Only for a second will I wish it was me,
standing at the doorway in Tennessee.

You always said we were living the American Dream.
You always said never scream we are a team.
You always said never go downstream.
You always said life is full of miracles,
then how come you're not here being empirical.

- Addie J. Johnson

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When it's time to close the door.
So the monsters don't crawl on the floor.
When 10:00 hits that's when the monster skips.
Do not be afraid to tripp.
The darker the better.
You will forget you met her.
She'll disappear.
And you'll be in the clear.
I get scared at night.
Because the witch might bite.
- Kelsey Lawson

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Everynight I read a page of my book.
Once I put it down it takes everything in me not to take another look.
Reading about enemies to lovers,
I've read at least 10 from cover to cover.
It feels like my own fake reality.
These books keep me from my insanity.
I have my nose in all day long
But once I finish the book I realize its all gone.
I'm wishing it would all come back to me
But i'm just stuck in a fake reality.
- Isabel Aguilar

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Before laying going to sleep
I look out my window just to peak.
I see there is a bright moon
It shines down at me in my room.
The moon gives a little bit of light,
But this is only in the night.
I also like to eat
Before i go to sleep.
It is almost required
To go to sleep when your tired.
So then I lay back in my bed
Put a pillow behind my head
Think about all the lies
I finally close my eyes.

-Aidan Navarro

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She was filled with jealousy but wanted to protect her legacy.

She was a blogger who also had a daughter which is the legacy she wanted to protect.

She was popular and well known but little did everyone know her heart was like a dark color.

Her heart was cold but she was also bold.

She put on an act to to attract a good crowd for her family.

She only cared for her family because she wanted her own fantasy.

She hated everyone who wasn't her family, she was incapable of being acceptable.

She was jealous of a girl who was her enemy because she had many friends but she didn't have amenity.

She couldn't bring herself to come out of her bubble due to it being a struggle.

Everyone who wasn't in her bubble thought she was kind but thats because they haven't been in her mind.

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There were so many good memories
That I can't move past this tragedy
You have been taken from me so soon
Now everyday my life will be full of gloom
Because the best relationship wasn't presented
It will forever be resented
If only I had a little more time

I will use those last seconds for an "I love you, goodbye"

Though I can't always blame you for my grief
It's not so easy to feel relieved
I miss you everyday of my life
Continuously wishing I got a proper goodbye
Though I will come across you one day
Greeting you with all my thoughts I couldn't say
Finally at home, reunited with my missing piece
Oh how wonderful will that be

-Ariana Baez

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Love is a common word
And if you think about, it's kind of absurd
All you got to do is find the right person
It'll be a great diversion
But in the end, I suffer once you leave
So I just got to believe
Today is the day
We'll meet at the bay
I'm still waiting
I woke up that night thinking, this wasn't dating

-Leslie P

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You came home that night saying that you wanted a break
But in reality you had found comfort in the arms of a snake
I had realized too late what this meant
For my poor heart was already weak and bent
I look back on our memories together
And it feels as if my love was not an anchor but merely a feather
I wonder if they bandage up your hands when you lose your cool
But honestly I still wish you all the best, I truly do
While my kisses may have not been enough
Both you and I know that this will only make me even more tough
So while you argue with your new significant other
Please remember that heartbreak is so cold it will leave you with more than just a shudder. - Nancy Segura

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In love you can gain
but you might also find pain
Somewhere out there you could find the one
Or maybe they'll just use you for fun
It can begin with laughter and joy
But it could end in disaster or destroyed
Love can be so dangerous
but there can also be changes
Remember it can always be a beautiful thing
just don't let it sting
-Valerie Martinez

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As I take a deep sleep,

I enter my dream.

Filled with all of my imagination,

It almost feels like a good, long vacation.

But at the same time it turns into a nightmare,

A nightmare I want to be aware,

Of all the negativity it can give me,

Still chasing me down like there's no end of the street.
Every night I fear the most of never waking-up,
I guess that’s why I’m always trying to be so pumped-up.
Praying every night that I’ll still be able to breathe,

That is my fear of an endless dream.
-Xochytl Reyes

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Why do they bother with others success?
It's as if they don't care how they address.

Constant bicker about how one should be known.
Yet they never check to see how they are alone.

As time goes on they wither and spout.
No one checks to see if they are about.

Their constant envy for others,
resulted in no one to call their brothers.

As they lay in agony, they are full of regret.
Still nothing they do can make them forget.

-Kalkidan Samuel

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Falling asleep has always been a struggle for me
I begin to hear the low blowing of the tree
And I start to think
What's it like at an ice rink?
Or how are they ever since they left?
It honesty felt like it was a theft
The constant reminders that I get
Are the reasons why I never forget
I always end up thinking of things that are so deep
Until I fall asleep
- Edith Baladez Nava

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It's so quiet in the night so lifeless with no meaning like a fight. The birds in the night so sad that it doesn't feel right. While sadness floats in the air the madness decayes. While I once laid in my bed my mom once said "Don't ponder over night only the things that shall fright". I will sleep and I will go into this lifeless night for this will only be for tonight.
-Justin Garcia

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Some might fear the thought of aging.
During this time when becoming older the people you see will be changing and everything will change during this time.
It might hurt to see some stuff vanish.
You'll just have to try to banish the negative feelings.
But just like everything else when one door closes two more appear.
Some pain could be severe and harm you but just have to stay positive.
Just don't forget life is short live life to the fullest.
And try to support yourself and others to live laugh and love.
By:Yahir Perez :)

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Everything plain unsatisfactory
Admire such fake painful flattery
Uncreative and rushed
Never shiny coated in dust
The mind begins to tumble
While boring teachers mumble
It all starts with color
Life hits and makes you suffer
Then the wake of anger
Grabs you like a strangler
-Lucas

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You may not be my first kiss
but what I have risked
Has way more worth
Than just a blurred mistake
This love can either make me or break me.
But my support for you is guaranteed
Nothing else matters but you
You got me through a rough spot
You're different from the rest
From god you are my request
We may be young
But I know you're the one
I want to be with you forever
I'll never leave your side, never
Leaving you would be a crime
I'll love you till the end of time.
-Rosalyn Sotelo

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It's been a long day, and there's nothing like getting lost in a book.
Take a blanket and maybe a cup of tea, take a look.

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Falling softly, everything still
Falling fast-paced, writing my will
Terrifying sights grazing my eyelids
Will it ever end? god forgive
Drowning in the deepest of depths
Being crushed, lacking my strengths
Spinning
Turning
Crying
Churning
As if there was a prayer in my screams
Everything washed away
It was just a dream

-Kaila Thomas

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Love is a gain
It takes away our pain
They use our hearts as prey
For it to later decay
The bars rust
We lose trust
our grenade
make our love fade
in the end
we lose love to an extent.

-Yamileth Martinez

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Rap is not a bird that never matured,

It is how we lead the way to the end of earth,
How it is crazy that They don't see that rap is harmless,
Regardless the fact that the weapon doesn't kill its the holder,
Such a crook thing to see this over looked,
I'm so shook by this fact and I just want to scream,
I want this to be a dream,
Please let me wake up to a upgraded day,
In this life all I see is hatred and suffering,
The only way to prosper is to show your true feelings and with this way we will see an over coming.

-Hayden Ulloa

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A girl was filled with jealousy but she wanted to protect her legacy.

She was a blogger who had a family, one being her daughter.

She was popular which is why she couldn't expose herself, but little did anyone know she was like a dark color.

She had secrets

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Built in 1971
Still standing up in 2021
The house on the hill
Standng still
Maybe in pain, maybe content
Sold for a couple of cents
Yet it sill stands
The house, old and rusty nearly fallen apart, yet it has no demmands
All it could ask for is for it's hill to stay within reach
And all though the hill could not use speech
Actions speak louder than words, and the hill woud stay along side it's house

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Everyone is different
Some are magnificent
Some are pure
Some are insecure
People are afraid to show their real selves
But terrified to be true to themselves
Love and accept
As it might intercept
In their lives
And accepting may outlives.
-Ciarra Miller-Osborne

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Every saturday I stay home
Doing nothing and watching the snow. All my friends tell me to go out and play. But I always tell them I don't want to not today. Then one day I see that there was this one girl. She was as lovely as a pearl I decided to go outside and talk to her. And there we were talking. Then from that day I decided that it is nice to make friends and I will always be with my friends. No matter how this ends.

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The color red will always follow me wherever I go.
You can see it in the snow.
You can see it in my cheeks and in my hair.
I was never aware.
I thought I knew everything.
But she turned out to be just another plaything.
I can still see red on the sidewalk.
Where we used to talk.
You can see the red in her hair.
Neither was she aware.
I was told to despise.
The red in the sunset skies.
But I have learned to love
For she will always be above.
- Daizy Duncan

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All summer i rode in a hummer.
In summer you're not supposed to be a bummer.
In summer some people want to become drummers.
Or some become plumbers.
Even though some suffer.
They uncover the true meaning of summer.
Which is to be happy.
Not to be filled with hate
To just enjoy summer and be snappy.
You have all summer to explore.
So go out and see.
There is more to explore beyond the shore.

-Valeria C

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Before sleeping, be sure to lock your door.

To keep out the nighttime terrors that lurk on your bedroom floor.

Theirs so many ways to keep them at bay,

Leaving no reason for them not to stay away.

They're docile in the light with no need to take warning.

But in the dark, they get hungry and start exploring.

So clutch your sheets keep on a light.

One bright enough to keep the demons resided in the darkness of night.
- Glen Belisle

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I wake up not thinking
mind blank like a white plate
until I finally regain my senses
I begin thinking it's another day
nothing can change no matter
I prepare for the day as they say
as I lay away thinking
I get up with noting of thoughts
flowing my head as stand
I get ready for day that is layed
-Benjamin Molina

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When I was a boy I had made many mistakes,
they had given me aches.
I thought that everything would simple but everything was difficult and my mom told me that this is typical.
I wanted to turn my life around.
But I didn't know how it could be found.
I have thought what to do now,
I started to help fix my mistakes,

taking away my aches.

I got older,
my life has turned around

my mom would be so proud

To see me now.
All my mistakes have gone away.

Now i have to say,

don’t give up the mistakes will go away
don't let yourself go astray.

till this day I still make mistakes

still giving me aches.
Everything is better now,

I don’t know how

Don’t give up and you will see

It all gets better eventually.

- Aldonn D.

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When i woke up no one was there,
I walked around frantically in complete despair.
I tried to scream and shout,
I then realized that i couldn't call out.
As I walk around it started to get darker,
The more I walked the more it became harder.
I tried to find an exit but there was nothing around.
I realized that there was a bound.
In front of me started to glow a big beam,
I then woke up to find out it was all a bad dream.

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 my world is you                The world is a terrible place          Its filled with desire and greed                              But with the founding of you I have come to love life I have come to love this world simply because you are in it. I am part of the filthy in this world because of my need and my greed for you You are my sin and desire. I would discard anything and everything for you You are if the sun and moon combined and made a light so bright that no darkness would diminish it. You say i am your sin but with you nothing taints your pure soul Your tears are pearls and they fall onto my shoulder like i was the sea Let me be the place you call home when you feel sick Let me be the arms you run into when you need someone to fall onto                              You are my wife,soulmate, and the one i live for           So to the one I need most     I love you     

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 my world is you                The world is a terrible place          Its filled with desire and greed                              But with the founding of you I have come to love life I have come to love this world simply because you are in it. I am part of the filthy in this world because of my need and my greed for you You are my sin and desire. I would discard anything and everything for you You are if the sun and moon combined and made a light so bright that no darkness would diminish it. You say i am your sin but with you nothing taints your pure soul Your tears are pearls and they fall onto my shoulder like i was the sea Let me be the place you call home when you feel sick Let me be the arms you run into when you need someone to fall onto                              You are my wife,soulmate, and the one i live for           So to the one I need most     I love you     

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When i was younger i thought

growing up would be the easiest but it's actually the toughest

As everything is no longer a game

having actual responsibilities

nothing feels the same

oh how i wish i was kid again

so i could be in the same mentality of a child's brain

although as growing up may seem hard it's only begun

as there is much to look forward at like having fun

-genesis torres

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My day does not begin until my mind takes control

Once my gentle hands turn the page, my thoughts unfold.

I spend my time in agony, eager to discover

As I simply escape to a new world then another;

The closer I am to the end of the book

The further I feel understood,

Delightful images fill my head and alleviate all distress

This is the only thing that keeps me from feeling like a mess.
How I wish the way I perceive a book was my reality

I suppose that is feeling is just a commonality.

Eventually… my contentedness comes to a finish

No matter how much I loath it, the pages of a book diminish.
-Valerie Mondragon

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Lost.

As I open the book and start to scan,

I’m not quite sure I understand.

As I begin to read,

My mind begins to think.

I’m lost in my thoughts,
As I read across.
I didn’t realize I was lost,

until I snapped out of my thoughts.

I read but I don’t understand,

I can’t comprehend.

-Lenae H.

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Ever since i was younger I wanted nothing more than to grow big and tall

But now i don’t want that at all

I’m at adulthood’s door

And i don’t know who I want to be anymore

Things were so much simpler when i couldn’t see over the countertop

Now i overthink about what is to come nonstop

I don’t remember where it went wrong

Perhaps when i threw out my sneakers for high heels that once made me feel strong

Now I'm stuck looking down at her

Hoping she will never come to understand what i now discover

-katherine machado

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I see the green green grass
Reflecting on the glass.
It's a new day to do
the extraordinary,
In a not so ordinary world.
Climbing this tree
Makes me feel so free,
Like I can do the impossible

I am feeling unstoppable.

I can see the whole world

from this tree,

But sadly it is time to flee.

Till next time I come to dream

About my amazing scheme.

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As Spring Flowers Bloom i can smell their presence
when the spring breeze touches my face my heart dances
when the sun shines me i can feel warmth
The long cold winter is no more for now it is replaced by warmth and children laughter
spring the time of warmth and laughter that fills the air
-- Carlos Pelayo

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Whose Youth is that? I think I know.
Its owner is quite angry though.
He was cross like a dark potato.
I watch him pace. I cry hello.

He gives his Youth a shake,
And screams I've made a bad mistake.
The only other sound's the break,
Of distant waves and birds awake.

The Youth is happiness, freedom and deep,
But he has promises to keep,
Tormented with nightmares he never sleeps.
He is Me,My youth backs away and slowly fades,next up is my final beat

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The quiet girl well that's what people called her I suppose

But her name was Rose

Rose lived in a world of illusions

Where she was sought to have delusions

Because she knew not the characters name but their story

She knew not the characters mistakes but their glory

Therefore she fell in loving with reading

She fell in love with false realities that taught her bonding

It was her escape from “quiet girl”

And her beginning to twirl

Somewhere along these lines

Pages in her real life where breezed away, stuck in vines

But it was too late to save those pages

Because everyday for ages

She wished for what she’d read, be actuality

That was then switched into reality
-Alexandra Hernandez

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you were the forest
and the hardest test
I was the fire
but still not a liar
you burned first
yet we were so cursed
maybe i'm lying
and maybe you were crying
but you still look like a dove
and we’re still in love
-johnny

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Watch the masses rise and crumble

Like a sandcastle falling under its rumble

And Watch as the old ones take shelter

To pray that the winter’s wrath will skelter

The eyes in the moonlit sky

Moving ever-so-slightly as the days passes by

But what is time?

And why do people talk about it when the hand passes nine

Watch the children grow up while singing

And watch them forget about being young and wishing

What is it that they fear

It's only life taking its gears

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As I’m growing up I begin to get  frightened

I’m not sure why but it helps being enlightened

Well maybe it's because of all the responsibilities that people get when they grow old

I think about all of the times that I may unfold

I could start to get ruthless or I could start to get fragile

There’s no way in knowing when I may begin to rattle

Growing older is alarming, I remember when I was younger all I ever was, was excited

Now I’m not sure how I feel, but I know I’m not delighted

Right now I’m happy, but what will happen if I become like mold
People start to rot and people start to get uncontrolled

I don't want to be this way when I get older, but there's no telling when I may need to battle

Growing older is tough which means there may be times when I could get into a grapple

-Alomi B.

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Whose Youth is that flying in the night sky?I Think I know-
The owner is quite angry though-
He was cross like a potato-
I watch him pace, I cry hello-
He gives youth a shake

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The biggest fear of mine would be growing up
Realizing life is strolling up. Going through challenging stages
Switching to different phases of life
Will I face it & be aware
How will I be prepared for life
-Akayla M

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As kids we always wanted to be grown to explore
Now our bodies are just tired and soar
Our lives depend on things that make us responsible
But I always ask myself... is it even possible?
Waking up and having the same routine
Always in the need of caffeine
Being grown has really hit
But was it really worth it?
-Janelle Cardenas

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As I fall asleep,
I can't peep,
For those under my bed,
Waiting to be fed,
They search for fear,
Waiting for my presents and then I drop a tear,
Once they laugh,
I try to step back,
Running to the room when safety calls,
Next morning I go back,
Just to see that it was a sack.
-Gabriela Garcia

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Love is like the wild sea, so powerful and so deep it will forever be. Love is pure, love is kind and it is very genuine.  It's so wonderful how God's love is so deep, that he makes our spirits rejoice even when we feel weak.
- Blaire Gomez-Washington

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As I grow older and develop,
I meet many fellows.
I see different things and do different things.
But, there's always many realizations
to cover a nation.
My heart and mind seem to exhaust,
But these realizations will never be lost.

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I woke up,
reached for my cup,
in the dark with no light,
paralyzed in fright.
I couldn't walk,
I couldn't talk,
I tried to scream,
only to realize in was a dream.
I turned around,
and laid back down.
-joe

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One day while sleeping
I wake up, to someone creeping
All i had was a mask
For some reason they don't take chances with me, heck they won't give me a glance
I can go up the stairs
And some reason they don't seem to care
I can't comfortably to do this
I think I'm seeing double
Thankfully I've found a flashlight
I'm lucky that it's so bright
But one wrong move, and it could leave me blind
Aww look, i found a plush
It's so cute, that it can make me blush
Wait no, it's not the time to brush this away
I hear a bus coming and it's in a rush
Soon i come down the stairs, and i accidently bruised myself while going down the stairs.
I see one of the people, and they were leaving.
I wasn't gonna scheme, I mean...what type of person do you take me for?
Instead I made a gift, and somehow still made it to the bus on time
I catch up with the person, they was prepared, go i gave them the gift, and told them farewell, i guess i was pretty swift when i did it
They had a smile on their face...that i can never forget
The dream cuts off, with a calming melody, playing in my heart, it shift my reality into...something else persay...but that was just a dream...but I do wish it was reality tho.

-P.S I actually don't know where this lands in the guide you gave us, but i can say two things...one this was real, an actual dream that i had recently, and two...this was a blast, that's for sure

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I think as a kid we all wanted to grow old,
"it'll be fun," we were told.
Now I see it was a big mistake,
believing that it wasn't fake.
I wish I could go back,
but my memories, they are all turning black.
Iv'e tried to run,
but without the guiding light of the sun,
this seems to become an impossible task,
so I guess all I have left, is to ask:  why can't we go back,
to a much simpler time?
-Freddy Carcamo

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What is this feeling that has begun to flourish within me.
It's taking over my body to a certain degree.
I wonder why I feel this way.
It's like my heart is on display.
When I see this person, my heart begins to beat.
This feeling, oh my, is very elite.
The little things they do.
Gives my mind another thought to pursue.
I hate containing this feeling.
It's getting quite unappealing.
It makes me want to plop on the floor.
Is this what love is, god it's such a bore.

-Anaya Culver

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One day, it was that one day that i thought would never come
Especially in my life
But who cares because i don't even know the unknown
But unless i had something or new something
So then i could actually feel or hear something
Because i never knew anything
Just like in that dream
Just to know something but not know how it seems
And in my life for me
Unless there was a chance for me
But i'm too late because he already moved on without me...

-Scarlett Alvarez :)

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Sleeping for hours a day is my attraction,
Talking to my cousins is me actin,
"Im fine " the words I find myself using,
People around me dont even see me oozing,
Going for long walks everyday helps me forget,
But I still cant find myself to reflect,
My cousins listen to every word I say,
But I still pushed them away,
Sleeping at night is  hard the thoughts come back,
And then Im attacked.

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Why is falling asleep so hard?
All these thought i have in mind, i wish i could just disregard.
I want to fall asleep so bad, why do these thoughts have to be so bad?
Why are those the thoughts that make me so sad?
These are the things that make me feel terrible.
All these thought that keep me up are unbearable.
Why can't i let myself fall asleep?
I don't want to weep.
My mind has taken over.
I don't want to feel out of order.
I just want to sleep.

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Growing up is something I wanted as kid

I hid from my childhood in order to become and adult faster

Or so i thought once i seen it was a disaster

All these utilities

Just more responsibilities

Oh now i know wanting to grow up was a mistake

I wish it was just a nightmare something I can awake from

All i can do is live life without any complaints
Live life with no restraints.

-Jacqueline Ornelas

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When I fell asleep, my mind starts to think.
I try to make it all stop, but then I start to blink.
I have my eyes closed so tight that reality comes to mind.
I begin to have a  bad dream that starts with me being blind.
I’m not sure why but it all starts to make sense,
It’s not about my eyes. It’s about not knowing how to take defense.
I fall to the ground, and instead of everything going black, everything goes pink.
I’m wondering where I’m at, and I realize that I am stuck in a shrink.
It’s like I start to get small, and I start to get defined.
People are yelling, but I can’t close my eyes.
Later I wake up, and I start to feel tense.
I had forgotten about my bad dream, but then something alarms me. It wasn’t all a bad dream. It was all apart of distress.

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Is is me or you that I’m so scared of?

This doesn’t appear to be love

You can try to outrun it

But what’s happened can’t be undone

This feels like a scary fantasy

And in actuality

You’ve always known that I’ve loved you

Because of everything that we’ve been through

But what can I do?

I don’t have any clue

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Late at night, I open up my book.

I open it only at night because for hours I’m hooked.

When my eyes run across the pages left to right

I feel like I’m away from everyone's sight

Inside the book’s world. Looking around I see the room

The main character described in such detail.

Touching everything in the room like its brail.

Sitting to the side as the males and females are conversing.

Wait what was that noise?

I look up to find myself back in my own room sitting down in my bed.

If only I was really there and it wasn’t just in my head.

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It's 3:47 am, tick-tock, tick-tock, as I hear time passing by.
I want this to end, my brain wants it gone, but it keeps on denying.
As the tall, dark, black shadow stands in the corner of my room, I stay laying still.
Debating if I should take my medical pill.
No, I'd rather not. What if it gets me?
All soggy and wet.
I can feel my pillow with a puddle of tears.
The thing I've joked about is now my fear.
And I've been experiencing it for the past few hours.
My body and palms all sweaty and hot.
I can't do this, but I have to.
I want it all to go away.
Tick- tock.
It's now 6:28 am.
I can finally hear the birds tweeting and singing.
Rays of sun pass through my window into my room getting it to a gloomy effect.
The thing I've been wanting since 3 am is now finally happening.

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All I can see is a dark figure,

As time passes it grows bigger,

I scream but there is no sound,

There is no one around,

I try to open my eyes,

But instead I see my demise,

I run but where to run,

There is no sun,

The dark figure caught up to me,

Now there is no more of me to see

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I'm falling asleep in the dark
which I'm having dreams
which means
I've fallen asleep
When I think about bad things
they come to reality
WhIch are now in my dreams
the dreams haunt me
now there gonna stay
and now
I got to pray they one come to reality
by:Isaah Lopez

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It’s hard to think that as I breathe, my cells are in senescence aging me,

I wish I could go back to when I was three.

When there was no pain or hurt or responsibilities,

for then, in my mind, there were no hostilities.

Oh! The things I could have prevented.

But I can’t go back, so now my fate is cemented.

Every now and then, the thought of going back crosses my mind,

for life before then had not yet been unkind

Sometimes I wonder if others think of going back,

to a time where the innocence was still there, and life had not yet made its attack...

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Love is flying through the air
a magical thing that everyone shares
Some people say they can not bare
What pain we call love thats in the air
Love is not to be found
But to be chosen
Within time
Look around you, you'll be able to find
This thing we all share and desire
Called love that only takes time.

-Ethalia borrayo

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Everyday is a step closer to the end time

The old you stays in a constant loop trying to climb

She can’t catch up to you since you’re moving so fast

That you leave her in the past

You wonder if life would be easier if you could just go back

But then you realize that your life has so much more left to unpack

But for that little girl she’s living the happiest she can be with imaginations of wanting to grow old

While you’re hoping for her to never let go

There’s nothing else you can do but just keep on going

Waiting for the day when everything stops glowing

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It's spring and the feeling of love is in the air
I'm doing things without thinking, without even a care,
But when I am thinking, my thoughts about love fly high up above,
so high, that it would be too much for even a dove,
but things don't last forever,
on that day you told me you were leaving me,
my only thoughts were "why did you deceive me?"
all I could do was sit and cry,
and when I built up the courage to ask you why,
the questions and thoughts simply died and made me realize:
I'd rather have love than loyalty 'cause love don't really mean jack,
you see, love is just a feeling. You can love somebody and still stab them in the back,
it doesn't take much love, you can love someone just by being attached,
but you see loyalty is an action, you can love me or hate me and still have my back.

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The nights are cold and streets are dead,

People asleep sound in their beds,

Though most appear in peace,

For some the terrors of night increase,

The shadows seem lurk in the corners,

Their bodies seem to be damp and warmer,

The whispers in the walls get louder,

As the clock ticks by the hour,

Fear grows larger by the second,

While the safety underneath the blankets lessen,

Then eyes close as they give in,

And when they open, it’s daytime again.

-Sanai Wallace

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every night we do the same thing and sleep.
but were all different while we sleep
some talk, some walk
some stay up during the night and sleep during the day
but one thing in common is we all sleep

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Is Jealousy good?
Or is Jealousy bad?
Why does Jealousy make us sad?
Why does it hurt.
Is it normal to feel the feelings of being hopelessness?
Why does it give me the feeling of feeling replaced?
So lets ask yourself; does jealousy make you feel good?
Or does Jealousy make you feel bad?
What is Jealousy?
How does Jealousy make you feel?

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something thats sad is when someone is falling in love with you
and to think its true you sit there afraid... betrayed and played from your last scared of falling for them too
your alone and don't know what to do and not prepared to be hurt  no one telling you what to do like "whats wrong whats right" while your in a fright  telling them no and wanting to let go but your scared to hurt them too.

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I go outside in the morning
Its Kinda boring.
I call my friends to come outside.
I see them coming from a far and wide.
We all play tag for a bit.
Then one of friends says "I quit".
We are all out of breath so they all go home.
I go inside and relax and play games on my google chrome.

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Not knowing if this is real or not
So many nights I feel it alot
The countless times I´ve lived my thoughts
Sometimes good and sometimes I´m caught
Every night it´s a new conception
Towards my life and it´s reflection
But as I sleep it becomes an assumption
Was it real or was it not