Poem

by Kate

While looking back on life,
You realize all of the mistakes
Things that should have been said,
But they weren't
Places that should have been visited,
But were forgotten about
Things that should have been kept,
But you threw away
You realize you should have
stopped and smelled the flowers
To bask in the sunlight,
To enjoy your book,
To really eat your lunch.
But you rushed.
To places that you forgot
about.
To meet people that you don't
remember.
To look at something you didn't
like.
You found funerals a burden,
and crying babies a pain
You ate things that you didn't
want.
You bought a priceless collection,
that you hated.
But you forgot.
You forgot what a good
song sounds like.
You forgot what it felt like
to hold a child.
You forgot what it feels like
to really cry.
You forgot how to love.
Things that should have been
most important, weren't.
The emotions that should have been
there, weren't.
And you forgot about me.
So I was gone.
How could you forget to
love me?

Poem: I'm Sorry

by Kate

I can't love you,
the way you love me,
and
I can't look at you,
the way you look at me
I don't know why I
can't love you, I just
can't.
I'm sorry.

Poem: Ode to Nature

by Kate
 
Tulips in a field
Purple, blue and yellow shades
Dotting the green grass.
 
Dark rain drops falling,
From the huge and dark night sky.
The smell of old rain.
 
Undisturbed clearing,
Trees that go on forever.
Solitude of woods.

Poem: Miss You

by Kate
 
I cried when you left
I was upset when you died
I went to your funeral, but
It wasn’t the same without you
 
We miss you,
I miss you.
 
I always will,
Never will I forget,
Who you were,
And are
 
I miss you.

Poem: The Green Sea

by Kate

The whipping of the wind
Hurts my ears as I fly
To the other side of the
Green sea.
 
Whack, I’ve come crashing
In cold.
 
The green sea comes in
Like pins and needles.
 
 Then I’m flying again.
 
The waves are moving fast under me,
Rushing to the expected
Landing place.
 
I’m floating on the waves,
Those waves of the
Green sea.
 
The waves love me,
And I fly into the
Shore.
 
They jump high and roar,
And
I am forgotten.

Poem: Man

by Kate
 
he wanted to be
an action movie,
but she wouldn’t
be his camera crew.
 
he wanted to be a football team
and shine in the super bowl,
but she wouldn’t
be his stadium.
 
he wanted to be a power saw,
made of steel,
but she wouldn’t
be his wood.
 
he wanted to be
loved,
but she wasn’t
up to the challenge.
 
he needed her,
but she needed to
be a book,
so he tore out her
pages,
and threw them away.

Poem: Forgotten

by Kate
  
Your memory fades,
I am lost
In a sea of your life
I am sailing with people I never knew.Fragments of me come back,
My eyes, my hair,
My favorite sweater.
While you sit alone in your office,
You see me on a park bench
In your memory.
You search for my identity,
but nothing is found.
I am forgotten.

Book Review: The First Part Last (Angela Johnson)

By Kate

Upon reading the back cover I thought that I had experienced the whole book. Didn’t think I’d like the book much, just another book about a troubled teen, had sex and is now having a baby. But wait, this time it’s the guy. From his point of view, the story is told.

Just as the title says the story starts out with Bobby already having Feather. Then as the story progresses realized that he is having flash backs, sort of, or when you think about it, it’s the first part last.

As I watched Bobby struggle through life and school, I tended to ask myself where Nia, the mother, is. In the end I found that the story lets you see what happens to her. Once I realized that she died the whole story made a lot of sense.

Overall, it was good. A change from the normal book of the girl going through it all, to the guy was nice. I enjoyed it.