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  Your Shadow

  

  By Kris_10, North Scituate, RI

  I Am a follower Lurking behind Your every step Obeying your path Mimicking each step I cling to you Unable to balance On my own two feet I Am dependent On only the sun above And you My blood will only circulate In sync with yours My feet will only patter To the rhythm of your bare ...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Ignite me

  

  By Kris_10, North Scituate, RI

  You're my gasoline Assuring me there's a spark Hidden in my soul...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I am The Paper

  

  By Kris_10, North Scituate, RI

  A blank page With thin blue lines A fractured spirit With leaky eyes A Papermate pencil With a broken tip A cracked voice With a trembling lip A million and one pages With everything I've learned A slowly breaking heart With nowhere left to turn A leather bound journal With...
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  The Writer's Society

  

  By Kris_10, North Scituate, RI

  “Cass, you ready?” I nudge her with my elbow. She lets out all of her second thoughts in the form of a sigh, “I think so…” The school secretary hands me the microphone. In one second, the whole school will be hearing my voice. Not my speaking voice, though. It’s the hidden voice d...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Play to Win

  

  By Kris_10, North Scituate, RI

  “Matthew.” His name rolls off the nurse’s tongue Like a bowling ball searching for a strike. She hands him a foam basketball Showing him the plastic hoop Taped to the supply closet “We got this for you” His face lights up Brighter than traffic light I crumble The orange ball ro...
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  Here, Take This Paper

  

  By Kris_10, North Scituate, RI

  My mother told me as a child If I have nothing nice to say I was to nicely shut my mouth And go outside and play So I’m taking her advice Much to my dismay But it’s not that big a problem Since I can show you just the same So here, take this paper White with thin blue line Crumple it a...