Poetry Page 2
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Invisible
When I pass you in the halls,
I can hardly speak.
I hear them call your name,
And I get to feeling weak.
Smile in my direction,
And my body starts to melt.
Wrote you a note one day,
And told you all I felt.
I told you you’re the reason
Everyday, my eyes, they glow.
I told you that I need you
And I just wanted you to know.
Baby, I love you,
And it’s you I’ll always adore.
Because you gave me a chance
I’m invisible no more.
--Danielle
Uiterwijk
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How the Happy Friend Became
How the happy friend became
A study in rigidity whose eyes
I closed quite carefully, I’ll never know.
The long day’s last surprise
Meant nothing was the same,
Outside, the snow turned to rain
and back to snow.
The window framed a night
Of soundless traffic passing in the street,
Bare trees grew from the pooled light into dark.
The friend’s life was complete.
Having no proper rite,
I rose and looked out on an edge
of park.
A lampt cloud escaped
Before me as I walked without an aim.
I wondered if my friend had traveled far.
Now nothing was the same,
And falling snow had draped
A passing bus, a car, another
car.
Until the muffled street
Was full of gliding ghosts. Those other olives,
Anonymous to me, were everywhere
A person could arrive,
In houses, dark or lit,
In taxis cursing for another fare
--Fatima Al-reKabi
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My Sunshine
The warm rays
Of them sunny days,
Warms my sin
Just as my baby did.
Being in her arms made me feel so comfortable,
Even though she’s as small as Rudy Huxtable,
Her alabaster skin contrasts my chocolate
Colored skin of ebony,
But it’s okay ‘cause one day we gonna be
The couple on the covers of GQ, Vogue, and
Jet Magazine.
Sometimes I think my love for her
Is gonna be the death of me,
But ‘til then my sunshine gonna
Warm my skin,
Just like the sun did,
With them warm rays,
On them sunny days. --Dijoun Jones
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Dedicated to all my friends out there…
Memories of Our Friendship
We are friends,
Til the end,
This is our last year,
Knowing it’s not fair
Our journey has only begun,
Let’s live it and have fun,
I’ll miss you all.
Keep your head up and stand tall,
I’ll be there for you whenever, wherever,
Friends forever,
If you need me I’ll be there,
All you gotta do is call,
Knowing after our graduation we all will go separate ways,
I don’t know what I’ll say,
It’s a day of happiness and a day of sadness,
Everyone is leaving and graduating,
I know my memories of my friends,
Will never be gone,
A day for smiles,
A day for tears,
But all we got to know is that we care,
For one another,
And loving each other,
I’ll definitely miss you,
And that’s true,
Because ur my bestest of friends,
And our journey has only begun but our friendship will never end.
--Nancy Khun
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