We Cry the Tears
We cry the tears that shield the certainty
Drowning in their own bouquet of sorrow,
To hide our terror-stricken lips
and eyes,
The answer to our helpless cries
And heart with so little love.
When does this cover-up end,
Lives forming and falling down
this twisted path?
Yes, we can see the looming
future,
But still we cry the tears.
Blinking and prying back these
clear water scars,
To hide the regret that stains
the skin,
We whimper but the water is too
deep,
Our self is quickly changing,
drowning
But somehow a new day comes and
so do we.
We cry the tears.
By Sarah R., Grade 8
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| artwork by Sophia M., Grade 8 |
Eyes see but are blind.
Ears hear but don’t
listen.
We sit in the present, there but not living.
We talk but without
purpose.
We smile, but it’s fake.
We laugh but without
emotion.
We eat but don’t taste.
We say thank you and
please but don’t realize what it means.
We breathe the air trees
give us but continue to extinguish woods,
For development, for
homes, for a Wawa gas station.
We marvel at animals but
continue to chase them towards extinction.
We warn future
generations about the warming world but close our eyes to our contribution to
the greenhouse effect.
We say sorry but without
remorse.
We urge people to think
world peace but continue to declare war in our small lives.
We say "don’t bully," but
we say wounding words with intent to feel good about ourselves,
Whether to friends, foe,
or family.
We say be thankful for
what you have, but we take everything for granted.
We humans are peculiar,
from how we continue to learn so much, experiment with and defy the basic laws
of nature.
We explore things only
known to the creator, looking into space and genetically modifying curiosity to
expand with our consequence.
We are scientists,
doctors, teachers, engineers, and musicians.
But we are also betrayers,
ignorant, stubborn, thankless, and thoughtless.
We need to heed our own
advice, learn from our mistakes, trust each other the way we would like to be
treated, laugh truly, smile genuinely, see the world as it is, listen to others
with your heart, be truthfully sorry, and live the life that is meant for you,
not the fake one some choose to live.
by Samantha P., Grade 8
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| artwork by Nick S., Grade 8 |
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