I Can’t Go to Sleep

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by Alexa De Los Santos aged 10

I can’t go to sleep because,
uh, well here I tell you.

I need to sharpen my pencil
I have to take a bath
My butt hurts
My friend failed grade
The dog peed on the floor
The chickens died
I want to sing
I am tired
My doggy is being dumb
My teacher is absent
I poked my eye
My mom didn’t sign my agenda
I need to cook some food
My printer is broken
I got a 100 in my test
I have a fever
I want to watch CSI: Miami
I need the toilet
I had surgery
A truck flipped
My dog ate my homework

“ALEXA?!!” my mom said, It’s “2:00pm”
whaaaaaaaaaaat
PARTY TIME

Love

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by Amarissa M. aged 11

I have this weird feeling
I’m pretty sure it’s luv
I think that’s what it’s called but who knew?

Every time I see him my heart skips a beat
I feel like jelly from my head to my feet

My head is blank
I lose my train of thought
You know what this thing I’m feeling?

It’s not luve
It’s really called Love.

Remember

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by Heather Piare aged 11

Can you remember those that are gone?
Only when the stars are bright enough to forget the sorrow.

And do you grieve the life of man?
Only when there will be no tomorrow.

For our sun will set, and our moon will rise,
and our stars and moon will fill the skies.

Do you remember those that are gone?
Only when the heartbreak dies.

Heartbeat Multiplied

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by Gloria Hong aged 11

Don’t know how I feel now,
Don’t ask how
I got into this crazy cycle,
I don’t know.

Now you got me thinking about you,
That’s true.
You put me in a good mood,
Oh, yes you could.

Gonna close my eyes,
Counting one, two, three,
I don’t wanna be shy,
Tell you how I feel.
I could wait no longer,
But it’s too hard for me.
I gotta be stronger,
I hope you would see.

How could I, oh, how could I,
Fallen deeply within your eyes?
When I see you pass by,
I might die.
I think it’s something inside,
It’s like two worlds collide.
I’m sitting on the roadside,
Watching you as my heartbeat multiplied.

This Must Be Perfect

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by Ella aged 12

Twisting roads wind up a tired, dark mountain
The car slows, reaching the top
Silence and solitude
In the cold morning air
The engine comes to a slow, lazy stop
And so does the world

The sun peeks through evergreens
Casting shadows on the sleeping town below
Rosy pinks and golden oranges
flow into the cloudy morning
The world becomes clear
Like a crystal ball

A kaleidoscope of colors
Reflecting against the strong, vast ocean
For miles and miles
Everything is still
This must be perfect

The Tear

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by Jordan Wagensveld aged 11

As I lay down on this cold hard floor,
it feels like the sea is rumbling inside my eyes.
The tear dripping down my cheek
feels like the ocean pouring down a rock
after the waves have crashed against it.
Every time I close my eyes
I feel like I’m standing in the middle of a rainy city with a car nowhere in sight
just the drip, drip, drip of the rain
showering down on me.
And when I open my eyes again
the tear slowly advancing
falls down on to my heart
and at that moment I hear a voice inside me saying be strong, be strong.