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Students as Writers Series: 6th Grade Poetry

5/27/2020

 

Hope-Alicia Garcia

Picture
Out of nowhere a virus came 
And took us by surprise

All the schools and stores closed for the night

A night that has lasted months with no end in sight 

Maybe even a whole year 

So many of us filled with fear

But we came together

At the most unlikely time 

Knowing this will change our lives forever  

We know we’re in it together 

We are staying home

We are alone together 

We still have hope

Doing DIY’s

Cooking with each other

Creating delicious meals

Sometimes getting in our feels

Discovering things we didn’t know we could do 

“Wait I can draw! That's new!”  

Creating new playlists

Starting new YouTube channels

To pass the time

To spread the joy

Even though it might be weird 

With the streets so clear 

We have to remember 

Things are going to go back to normal soon 

But for now we are playing video games till noon 

Holding onto hope that we will come out of this soon 

Keeping our heads high and our minds strong


What Have I Become- Celine Gonzalez

Picture
I look so different
Why did it happen?
My shaven hair
My visible smile
My bubbly attitude
I finally feel better about myself
When I look at the mirror
I like what I see
It makes me happy
It could just be quarantine
But I like what I become
Even though I never thought it would happen.

Outside-Celine Gonzalez

What is that in the window?
Is that the sun?
It looks so new yet familiar.
The fluffy clouds, 
The swaying of the trees,
And the warm breeze makes my heart light up with joy.
I would love to breathe in the clouds
Feel the sun beam in my face
But yet, the curtains are drawn.
That world I once knew is now gone
It’s too far away to get a grasp of it
Yet, it is so close to be in it
It was such a beautiful sight!
It’s too bad I might not see it again
Why?
Because it is outside.

Isolation-Celine Gonzalez

I’m in a place that was my heaven and it's my dull hell
Trapped here and can never escape

Many ways to leave, but can never go 

Stuck in a maze that is my home

And everytime I lay asleep, I try to talk in the world of silence that is my dreams

But they only respond with, “We are fine! No need to worry!”

But they don’t care that the silence and the darkness is consuming us

All they care about is trying to survive beneath the four walls 

They don’t care about the hidden abyss they will find

They just want to see if they will live for one more day 

It is what I call Isolation.

Video Games-Celine Gonzalez

It always puts a smile on my face
Even though I rage a bit

It’s oddly addictive

Is it hurting or helping us?

I don’t care, they will always be close to my heart

A fantasy universe where you have a quest to complete

Or a deeper story to find

No matter which one, it makes you want to forget the cruel reality that is life

But the best part is to restart

Either to replay memories

Or have a different story path

And we just want to live in that beautiful fantasy 

But we can never restart

Because we aren’t in a video game.

Dear Covid-19,

We never knew about you,
We thought you never existed,

But here you are now. 

Spreading lies on when you will leave,

Breaking people from the inside out,

The murders you committed,the lives you stole.

All we have is hope,

But you might never go, 

Maybe you will never leave.

Even if you do leave, 

there’s a chance you might come back.

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                              In your nightmares, Celine Gonzalez


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