The Last Semester

  Dear 9th Grade Deepie, You’ll now be entering high school where things actually start to matter. Yes, academics are important as they have always been, but you need to start realizing there is more to life than school and your grades. You need to branch out and meet new people, join new clubs, and be more excited to be at school. High school is an experience that you only get to have one time and while it is never going to be perfect, you can try your best to make it some of the best times of your life. In four years, you will realize it went by so fast and wish you could do it all over again. My first piece of advice would be to embrace the people around you. You’ll be walking into high school playing football as well as playing in the marching band. You start both of these activities in the summer before high school even starts, so take the time to meet new people here and embrace them.They'll be some of your best friends and lead you on some of the most fun and crazy adven...

  This Is Just to Say I have forgotten  To take The garbage out Today I know I was reminded Many of Time I am sorry My mind was weary After a long day It slipped my thoughts

  Dear Life Why are you so foreign? Why are you like a math problem with so many answers? Answers that lead to more problems and questions In which the solution to those leads to the same thing In a repeated cycle Until one day it stops Where you’ve endured struggle and failure Until you’ve endured so much of it that it leads you to drive yourself to your hopes and dreams Until you’ve taken every path  Endured every obstacle  And formed your own path for life But why does this wisdom come so late?  After so many years we finally begin to understand Just barely grasp the knowledge that Has come from so much of life And begin to apply each lesson from before To each new obstacle ahead To begin to see our mistakes from the past Reliving each moments in our head Why didn’t I do this?  Why didn’t I do that? Finally seeing the easy solution to our problems so much later Having no power to do anything about it now As it has already been solved in the most complex of wa...

What should we do today? There is nothing to do. We could play football. No We could play a video game. We did that all yesterday. We could play a board game. We’ve already played them all. We could watch a movie. They haven’t released anything new! Well what do you think we should do then? I don’t know. You can’t come up with one thing? We’ve exhausted all our ideas. I guess you’re right.  There is nothing to do. Nothing open. No one to see. Lockdown has made life boring. Yeah and it’s going to stay like this for awhile. Yeah I guess you could say this is the new normal. This normal is boring. Boring is the new normal.

Focus on sport, let your mind relax as your cleats cut the grass Focus on kickboxing leading each punch to the next, fighting with correct stance Make sure you empty your mind as you catch each pass Make sure you're light on feet, like you dance Watch yourself grow so you can surpass As you never know this may be your last chance Stop with the sports and focus on school If you waste this time you’ll never have enough to succeed What do you think that sports make you cool? How will you be the best if you don’t exceed? I don’t mean to be cruel I just don't want you to be in need

  The Act and The Box My dogs started barking at the door. Standing in the kitchen, I checked the microwave for the time and sure enough it was 3 O'clock, around the time when packages are delivered to our house. I moved toward the window next to the front door and watched as the delivery man dropped the packages off on the front step. I waited until I heard the heavy purr of the UPS truck, knowing he was leaving. I opened the door and walked to the front steps and peered down at the packages, emphasized by the sunlight. I saw most of them were in my Dad’s name, meaning they were probably some stuff from amazon, but I noticed one had the name Sean on the label.  Obviously I knew this was my Uncle’s name, so I grabbed the boxes and ran back inside, setting them on the counter to be claimed by my parents, except the one with my uncle’s name atop. He was lying down on the couch in the living room, so I decided I would open it up for him and hand it to him. I grabbed some s...

  Dogs barking Voice Howling Dogs are Patrolling Looking out Fast Trotting Dogs Panting Running far Along the Yard Searching from Corner to Corner Side to Side Searching Enemy No Warning Dogs are Patrolling Eyes peeled Around the yard Dogs Panting Running far  Along the yard Corner to Corner Side to Side For the Within the walls