Fame

The formatting of this poem got all messed up. It is supposed to be in three different columns. So sorry Hannah.



I shrink into the shadows,--I bask in the glory,

I am all alone,-- I am with lots of people,

I have many true friends, --I have few true friends,

I love them

I only receive sincere letters, --I receive crazy letters,

They mean so much

My life is

simple. --complicated.


I have few problems, --I have many problems,

I still enjoy life

I can always, --I can never,

Hear myself think

I am

someone. --everyone.

Getting Through the Hallway

The hallways are crowded as many of you know,
You push your way through, the going is slow,
A girl got caught in this crazy mess,
Her story is sad, I must confess.

Have you ever been caught in a traffic jam?
This girl once did and tripped and fell.
It was a mad house
A terrible spell.

She fell and broke her leg and arm,
She couldn't walk and had much alarm,
“What if I get trampled on?” she said,
As someone accidentally stepped on her head.

Her hair was pulled this way and that,
She lost her very favorite hat,
She started weeping but no one cared,
Because of this, she stopped crying and dispared,
A teacher came along and heard her plea,
He shouted, “This is an emergency,
It came to my attention now,
That we have an inconsiderate crowd.”

He called 911, but it was too late,
And this is the end of her terrible fate
Take my advice, heed me well,
Make sure the hallway isn't a terrible spell.

A Lifeguard to Vegetables

Way down in the wok,
There was quite a bit of talk,
About a man who saves the day,
He recues the lost,
And doesn't care about the cost,
For he doesn't want anyone left in dismay,
He picks up the veggies oh so boiled,
And gets them out of that hot oil,
He saved the bok choy and I don't know what to say,
That bok choy may have never seen the light of day,
Thank you strange man.

Donkey

Here I am awaiting patiently,
Standing here in the grainy mud,
For a phone call that still hasn't come,
I stare at the phone booth,
With my shaggy mane waving in the wind,
I look through the smugged glass,
And see the phone sitting there still,
On top, the word telephone is stamped in crisp white letters,
I hear the cows grazing in the sweet smelling grass,
Just freshly cut,
But the phone still doesn't sound,
The roof of the barn is glistening,
Making it hard to see,
I whip my tail to keep the flies away,
But still, the phone doesn't call to me.

Closed In

What happens to love closed in?
Does in shrink and go away
like muscles unused?
Or does it swell up
like a balloon underwater?
Does it change
like a caterpillar in a cocoon?
Or does in grow
like a seed planted?

Maybe it converts to anger
and blows up.

Or does it just rest and wait?

Alive

I am alive and free,

I wonder how long it will be,

I hear the owl wispering for me,

I want it to call me no more,

I am alive and free.

.

I pretend to be in the sky having fun,

I feel on my cheeks the rays of the sun,

I touch the soft clouds and on the rainows I run,

I worry about falling,

I am alive and free.

.

I don't understand the meaning of it all,

I say that I am not going to fall,

I dream that I will be able to stand up tall,

I try to look up without looking down,

I hope my fake smile won't turn to a real frown,

I am alive and free.

Safe Distances

On a small island
Way far away
That's where my heart lies
And there it shall stay.
For if it gets to close
My life gets hard.
So every once in a while
I send it a card.
Just to keep in touch
Is what I tell it
It doesn't believe me
Or throw a fit.
It knows me too well.
It knows I'm just scared
I can't conceal that
It wants me me repaired
But there's no way
I just want to stay always
The way I am today.

Because you can't break
What's already broken.

Swirling to Gone

My mind is swirling
I can't think strait
What'd she just tell me?
Why couldn't it wait?
I don't want to believe her
But I just do
Her lifestlye is flawed
But mine is too
Just not as much
And in different ways
It's not life that matters
It's what's after our days.
How is that determined
It's not what we do
It's what we believe
That should matter to you
Would she listen to me?
Would she at least try?
I just want to help her,
But how can I?
That's where she's wrong
I do have to say
Lord I have to remember
For her to stop and pray