2am
By Krystal Filsinger

It’s hard to understand how I could just sit at home,
Saturday night, I do not feel I’m being dull.
I sit in my lanai and stare at a garden gnome.
I hit the roach in hopes it will lull
me to sleep in my bed which is vast.
I miss your body, but I know you’re wearing the bracelet,
when I made it I knew it would last.
This scene is as a theater set,
I dread that I must wake up early for church.
All I hear is the storm, it blew over a knick knack from where it perch.
I sit in your t-shirt wishing I was in your dorm.
I apologize as all things in my life collide,
thank you for staying with me while I wait for it all to subside.

Wishing Well
By Shanese Mitchell

If I could drop a dime, a penny, or 2,
in a wishing well,
I’d wish for you…

I’d wish for an endless, and unconditional love,
I’d wish for you just because,
your smile brightens my troubled streams,
and your kisses fulfill my dreams…

I’ve never met a person quite like you,
I’d walk a million miles, and lay down my life for you…

I’d fight, I’d hunt,
I’d become a Juliet, and bonnie, just for you…

If I could drop a dime, a penny, or 2,
in a wishing well,
for something wonderful, something true,
away from all of the problems that exist,
away from all of the madness,
I’d wish for you to be with me,
I’d wish for the joy you bring…

If I could drop a dime, a penny, or 2,
in a wishing well,
I’d wish for you,
and only you!

I’m not the same
By Katie Gaiser

Life is still
I am angry that I do not understand
What are you trying to teach me life?
I learn so much and then I die?
It seems like useless information
I miss simpler days
Lemonade stands, school plays, family vacations
Growing up sucks, I want to go back
I’ve learned so much my head aches.
I just want to scream in this stand still room
Cold, dark, air conditioner humming
Is that too much to ask?
We will never know the meaning of life
There is no other option but to live
How could she just give up on us?
Two roads to take
Only one quarter for one toll
Was it such a hard decision?
Maybe I’ve figured it out,
Nothing makes sense.

Mystery
By Saladeem Dewberry

Hey Mommy can I sit and reminisce with you…
I promise I miss what your warm kisses used to do…
These days without you…
It seems all I can do is think about you…
Your hugs your touch your warming grace…
I wish you were here with me so I can see your face…
But you’re not and that’s what’s killing me the most…
At times I get cocky but I never brag nor boast…
I took an oath to represent you in the best way…
I remember the days I used to hear you pray I just listened and
paid attention
Cause you were mother and its killing me …
I don’t know what this really means…
But I’m spilling my heart out…
Mommy I miss you…
I’m sitting alone in a dorm…
I let the tears run forget tissue but If I’m a man should I toughen up?
Mommy I act so rough and tough…
But my heart is not and that’s really what you took from me…
I see it all as a mystery…
Promise this path that you left is not clear to me…
I really wonder if you are hearing me…
I’m so inclined lyrically…
That at times my own words put fear in me…
Promise Mommy I miss you…
But honestly if I were to see a ghost in your image wonder If I could except it?
Honestly I don’t think I could respect it because you wouldn’t be you…
It would be my dream come true…
Of you coming to my basketball games…
Around that time is when my life began to really change of what I went through…
Mommy I miss you….
No tissues…
I wipe em away with my shirt…
Mommy not having the real you hurts…
what am I worth?
Am I stuck in the family’s curse…
I remember those days..
I remember we moved far away…
Traveled for many days until that Christmas when you stayed at
Grandma’s house…
You were sick then and you acted like you didn’t know me…
You lost your memory a little…
But I was too young to know…
But you knew you were my Mommy…
You warm cooking filled up my tummy…
You worked hard for every Penny…
That was your nickname and I always wondered why they called you that…
as I get older I’m thinking I know why they called you that…
I sit back and smile…
And notice my Tattoo with your title at the top…
Then the mood Drops.