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Life is a pool table.
And you are the ball
Knocked around continuously,
Bumping into new balls
It never ends,
Until you`re knocked into a pocket
Emily Whitcomb
My life is a football
the stitches are my family members.
All the stitches need to be their,
Or I will fall apart.
Others are the leathery grip
reassuring I am in grasp.
(First stanza) -Nicholas Hall
I am a seed. To what flower is unknown.
But I am a seed waiting to be grown.
Should I be tall, or short, or large or small,
my destination is not known at all.
Should I be brave? Perhaps take a risk?
Or shall I wait, and sit and resist.
I am a seed, with my future unknown,
just waiting until one day, I am fully grown.
Alizah Raboin
Life is a tree. The leaves are important moments in my life while the roots are the bad moments in my life.
-Max Bigelow
Life is the letter G
Capital or lowercase
It is a swirl of evil and good
Black ink on pearl paper
Dark with the pain
For the suffocating fear
Stone encircled in hurt
Bad always noticed before the good
Sun shaped into the crevices
Good seeping in the cracks
Hope hidden behind a barrier
-Bailey Klingaman
Life is like a basketball game. Your team could start strong, or be more of a second-half-kind-of-group. Whatever kind of team you are, you have the same thirst to dominate. When you are in your early ages, you get the ball passed to you in the key for an easy lay-up, but as the game goes on, you will be on the defensive side where you need to fend for the ball yourself. Some shots will fall, others will be air balled, but the outcome of the game is all up to you. I can guarantee you that you will be knocked down, flat on your butt several times, but I know you will always get up. I guarantee you that you will be disappointed, but someone will always come around to get your hopes high again. Sometimes the whistle in life blows much too early. For others, they sadly just can't wait for their game to be over, but that's how life is. You'll have players who are like that, and people can be like that in life. Just keep going. One thing that is different between basketball and life is that you don't have practice. Nobody gives you a crash course lesson in life, you're just born and sometimes you're left here on Earth to guess. You're only given one chance to get an "A" in life. It may be hard. It may be discouraging, and let me tell you, it will seem impossible at times. But that's just the game.
-Catherine S.
Life is a river
Seemingly no beginning or end.
A river is a scar across the land, like the legacy's we leave behind.
The ups and downs life brings you are the currents in a river
But sometimes, the river flows steady and smooth.
-Elizabeth Bertrand
Life is a carousel,
You can be up or down depending on the feelings,
Perhaps you just circle round and round,
Circling your thoughts throughout,
You enjoy the ride not thinking about the time left,
Spinning without mind of others,
And living free of clouds,
Until your ride comes to a stop you don't realize how much you should cherish it because it could be your last ticket.
-Rachel Drasser
Life is a rollar coster ride. It has its up sides an down sides.
All the time you are going fast and they are fun.
Zack Welton
Hawks are a symbol of life
They have there wings open
Like a person embracing the world around them
The razor movement of the wind
Hurting like the scars from a person
They soar high in the sky, avoiding all the problems of everyday life
-Andrew
Life is a mountain climb,
You pick your trail or path,
Take the easy marked trails,
Or the risky cliffs that sneak up on you,
Like a little kid determined to frighten you.
Take a treacherous, tiring hike,
Go through all the scrapes and bruises,
Navigate through all the rocks that lie in your path,
When you reach the top the past is in the past,
All you do is take in the beautiful scenery.
- VICKY B
My life is a pair of blue jeans neatly folded up in a bottom drawer. The pockets are a place to store my deepest secrets. All of the stitches zig-zagging up and down each side of my leg are the beloved people in my life. The scratchy fabric used to make these pants is my tolerance. Blue staining the inside and out is my calm personality.
Let life be a playoff game
Exciting finishes
Suspenseful at the final buzzer
Full of final drives, buzzer beaters, miracles, comebacks, and final outs
Let those playing be the fumblers
Full of mistakes and making the game even more dramatic than its supposed to
-Chris Costich
Society is dark gray clouds grasping the sunlight -
Replacing it with horrid rain in mid-day or maybe the moon at night-
Society wants to break us like a stick of celery -
Rip and tear us apart like a piece of paper -
Steal every last bit of being uniqueness that's left in us like a bank robber -
Society is an over-played song on the radio- irritating all when being reminded of it-
Society's goal is to cover up all the colorful lines of happiness and replace them with dark ones -
Maybe put a few holes in the page -
Society is an old house- contantly there because no one has the heart to take it down -
Society is like a ton of bricks- when it hits you there's no recovery
But most of all, society is the thing that tries to sculpt us and give us that "perfect image" everyone looks for- society is a perfectionist
-Sarah Assimakopoulos
Life is like baking a cake,
The utensils are your family, they can help you when times are rough.
The pan is your parents they shape and support you while you grow.
The ingredients and spices are your personalities and experiences that form who you are.
Sometimes you follow the recipe and at other times you are creative.
~Chantelle
Life is a family tree,
some branches spill out happiness
some branches spill out anger
some branches are just distant memory, forgotten over time.
Sometimes, when you are feeling down, you are at the bottom,
yet sometimes, when you are feeling good, you are at the top.
Branches unknown stretching on forever are the moods even you can't quite place, but know somehow are there.
-David Gardner
Time is a bar of soap,
always slipping by,
the longer you use it,
the more it withers away,
until you run out of soap,
then you can no longer stay.
Jimmy L.
A person is part of nature. They exhale wind blowing it over the everlasting land and cry out rain soaking everything in their sorrow. They grow with the flowers and blow away with the leaves. They stick around like snow, almost never to leave. And like always. They rise with the shimmering sun, and fall with the silver moon.
-Brendan Daly
Our dog is like popcorn.
He bounces around
and hops up and down.
He is brown and white and looks like a popped kernel.
Nick Hart
Life is a thundering sky,
All clouded up with mist.
Obstacles will appear as you fly,
Asking what is this.
Honestly, you’ll never know,
unless you take the chance.
You need to pull back that stringed bow,
and make your legacy a dance.
Through the air you will soar,
Just seeing as you do.
The fog clears away from the floor,
When you bid your final ado.
And when you slow down,
And you’ve done all there was to do.
You can glance down at the wonderful gown,
That was created with decisions made by you.
But when you turn back around,
And look towards the sky.
And after you take your final bow,
The air is still clouded when you make your final goodbye.
-Caleb Rawlinson
Let them be free and discover all the beauty left in the world.
Let their heart’s be a bird’s wing carrying them to their imaginary worlds.
Let them have the faith that will light up a shooting star in the midst of night.
Let their voice speak the peaceful harmony that the ocean speaks.
Let them be free to be involved, in all they were meant to be.
-Cameryn LeShane
As a butterfly I must fly,
Limitless I can go high,
What beholds for me in the sky?>
But for now I must say bye,
And i mustn't tell a lie,
For a life without life held with no memories to keep,
Is a man willing to die.
I shall not remain in lard,
I shall play my card,
But however it comes to be hard,
I will prevail and might they make songs about me sang by bards,
I will play my card.
-Nick Huntington
Life is a wall that people use for wall ball.
The lacrosse balls that are being bounced off are the challenges.
The people throwing the balls are where the challenges begin.
Each ball that the person catches is a success for the wall.
Each ball someone doesn't catch is not a success.
Declan FitzPatrick
Dancing is a wild bird,
who flies freely around the world.
The gracefulness of the flight,
is an extravagant performance.
The way its wings turn left and right,
makes you stop and stare.
Dancing is a summer breeze,
that whooshes around the trees.
It blows leaves into the air,
until gravity pulls them back to Earth.
The presentation makes you grin,
and you appreciate the exhibit.
Dancing is a shooting star,
that flies across the night sky.
It lights up the land below,
as humanity wishes upon it.
It chooses a path in the sky,
and follows it into the horizon.
Dancing is a painter’s brush,
that slides across the canvas.
It moves in such an elegant way,
creating a beautiful routine.
In the end everyone stares,
at the masterpiece you composed.
Dancing is a way of life,
that lets you express yourself.
-Devin Tormey
My life is precious,
everyone's is,
you have to choose what happens in it wisely,
because it is just like paper,
once it's crumpled, it cannot be fixed.
-First Stanza-
Olivia Mankiewicz
Life is an obstacle
The challenges you face are the things that make you stronger
~ Caitlin
All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players
Each character is important to the play
Without their participation, the act would not succeed
Some outshine the others
Some prefer to be backstage
But in the end, we are all just looking for that one thing, the applause.
-Kaylyn
Four paws scampering about
One running, one sauntering sedately
Both loved in a family
Dinner time! Is shouted
One runs and gobbles without chewing
The other uninterested, looking away
Sniff closer...closer...
Swipe! Too close
He'll try that again later.
By: Cole Johnson
Life is a rainbow. It appears after a rain of sorrow. The rainbow scars the sky with a crayon of colors. The scars a untreated wound from a unsolvable battle.
-Christian G
Love, a strike to the heart that can leave the victim flattered or mortally offended.
This strike to your heart sends you backwards.
After recovering, there may be a smile with blushed cheeks...
Or a frown with tears streaming down singed cheeks...
This strike shows you who is meant for you...
Or it shows you who hates you...
This strike shows your true potential...
Or it shows your true depression...
Love is a true path in life... Showing us where we will be...
Who will be by our side...
You may hold a flower to the love of your life, while you kneel on one knee...
The other may push it away... Revealing the truth of another...
Love IS life...
You never know how it is going to end...
Unless you get started...
-Amy J. ;D
May love be a tenuous bubble,
It's substantial ramport
Pulverizing as it gets too close to its paramour,
But dimolishes as it ascends from the troposphere.
~Daranie Pin
Life is like a open book.
Yours words are like the dialogue.
Your actions are like the characters movements.
Everything you do makes up the lines.
The paragraphs.
The whole story.
And in this story there are two events certain to happen.
A beginning and a end.
Birth and death.
-Mike Clark
It sweeps over, with a streak of light and reassuring warmth.
The sun melts me with a warm swish,
and I am changed.
It sweeps over, with the ghosts and ghouls and the excruciating cold of the moon.
I freeze to a solid state,
as darkness envelops me.
-Alex Archambeault
If life is no
Dress rehearsal
Then why is everyone
Getting into costume?
The stage lights
Are on
But I don't
See an audience
Watching me.
We are the only
Producers
And I have no script
Or lines
Or stage directions.
If life is no
Dress rehearsal
Then at the end
Of my performance,
Who will clap?
Life is a book
People are the pages
And the chapters your ages
Paragraphs are the many days
They always pass in different ways
-Ethan Whipple
Happiness is a weed at the edgev of a cliff
Being alone without the weed wakers slapping you
The breeze blowing through your petals
Away from the people who want to get rid of you
-Meghan
Life is a flower,
Spreading its leaves and
Growing wildly.
Your family are the roots, supporting you on your way,
And your friends are the leaves.
You are the tip of the flower,
Rising up into the world.
-Robert Kelley
Life is a car. You are constantly reading the signs of your past memories, and you ride the paved road of your future moments. The engine is your soul, only stopping without a battery or gas. The wheels are your accomplishments holding your spirit.
- Tristan
Life is a door. You can be brave and open it to the beautiful world and explore or you can keep it closed, hiding in the corner, shunning the world and thinking about the bad things that can harm you. Open your door. -Shannon
Enclosed.
Encased.
Eaten.
By the mason jar I call lfe.
Surrounded by nothing except for my limits.
I can see the tin lid
My sky; if only I could reach
The little holes of the last breaths I have.
The walls stand as the monument
Of my captivity,
Warped and mirrored; if only I could see
There are no corners to hide in
Just stratches on the glass,
My chains, my whips.
With my limits come my fantasies
Dreams of immenent possibilities
Of the day I am forgotten
And all my burdens stack upon the lid
Or even the cliche of falling,
Crushing the brittle glass jar
Into an oblivion of silence.
No longer surrounded by my jar,
But my tomb,
My mausoleum,
My madness.
Jill :p
Life is a camera ....
Focus on what's important,
Capture the good times ,
Develop from the negatives ,
And if it doesn't workout ,
Take another shot !
Life is a camera ..
Focus on what's important ,
Capture the good times,
Develop from the negatives,
And if it doesn't work out ,
Take another shot ,
~Sydney Morse
Life is a pencil,
You have more and more to write,
Your the only person who has read the whole thing,
There are some secrets that you have,
That nobody else knows,
But if you ever need to erase it, you can
-First Stanza-
-Olivia Mankiewicz
Life is a piece if pie,
Filled with happiness and excitement,
And crisp with beautiful moments,
You must savor every last bite.
First Stanza
By Luke D
Her wings gracefully soar up into the sky
Her soul up high, but her halo even higher
Below her shining vanilla shoes she hears a weep or a cry
Where I stand here on earth, her voice makes not even a stir
With her smile she unveils her pearly whites
Long white dress flowing down as a waterfall
One day her new home will be my newest invite
No longer will her life crumble and fall
She has reached the happiest destination
With her new, joyful soul, she twirls around having fun
Now she has joined alliance with gods best creations
Some say her journey is over but to me it has just begun
-Eric Christensen
R.I.P Auntie Libby
Friendships a book
The spine keeps us together
Many days of what we do together recorded in it
The minutes printed as words on the pages
It's a never ending friendship
~Macie
A burrito is what I am.
Put together with the many different specialties.
Kept together by an everlasting security blanket.
Molded by the hands of my creator.
I am the most beautiful burrito ever.
-Gabrielle Comeau
Love is an open door,
Till you get too close and
It slams in your face and breaks your
nose
Better act quick before it slams shut
-Thomas B
I am an arrow.
I shoot but I don't know where I will land.
My family is a target.
We all shoot to land in a good place.
My life is a bow.
I aim with my life to shoot for greatness.
And the wind is my allie guiding me to the center.
-Leo DeMacedo
Love is a flower.
The seeds are planted when two people meet each other.
Watering their relationship as the roots dig deeper into the earth.
Their love showers the plant as the stem grows.
Sunlight strengthens the relationship and the blossoms bloom into a strong unconditional love.
The thorns create a bumpy path taking the couple up to the petals of the flower on a roller coaster ride.
As the flower dies so does the love.
The couple drifts apart as the last few leafs drift to the soil.
- kassidy M
Life is a roller coaster. Obviously you always have your up and downs, always going through twists and complicated situations. Meeting new people along the way, always changing speeds and attitudes.
- Cooper Mathews
Life is a rollarcoaster. You can either scream every time you hit a bump, or you can throw your hands up in the air and enjoy it. It's filled with unexpected curves, twists and turns, ups and downs, testing over and over our nerves. Excitingly, we reach the top. But before the can enjoy the view, suddenly we're hurdled downward feeling sick, deflated, and blue. The feeling of reaching your goals just to be knocked down once again- but it's your choice weather to stand up and ride again, or wimp out and live your life on the kiddy rides.
-Leah Sowerbutts
We soar through the sky,
weather it's gently or roughly,
we've had our feathers ruffled,
and we've ruffled eachother's,
but in the end we stay and leave,
to find new places far and wide,
out of curiosity, strife, and most if all, admiration.
Thus why we represent love, hope, compassion, and faith.
We have the ability to extend our wings and let the wind take us anywhere,
and we have the beauty and praise for us oy be recognized.
We have our white feathers to give us the ability to blend with the crowd,
Or,
we
can
use
it
to
STAND OUT against others.
~Shelby Guinard
Life is a bullet
A bullet is life
Life will still be always bright
All the way through the day
I will sit and wonder, how many hours I shall pounder
Others are big and others are small, but we will always stay bright
It's like a candel in the light
When it goes out. "There's no way to get the same thing back the way it was"
A bullet is small just like a ball
Our life spam but it's not like a ball
But I still wonder will I ever die
Life is so short it could go like " boom"
Just like a bullet getting shot out of a gun.
Matthew Thurston
Life is a softball game
Only an occasional home run
And that constant game of catch the pitcher and catcher have.
The crowed cheers
The other team fears
Coaches guide for a guide in life.
A softball leaving a hand and ending in another person's glove, if it was the beginning of life and ending later on.
Hitting that home run is the feeling of fame.
Your team mates are ones you trust as another family.
-Jillian D
My family is a house
My Dad is the fireplace keeping us warm and cozy
Brian is the door he locks and shuts me out
My mom Is the roof sheltering us from the dangers that wander
My nana and papa is the phone that picks me up when I'm feeling down
-Brittnee
A day is a song
The lyrics are your actions
Each person a word
-Ethan Tuttle :)
Life is a cheer competition. The adventure iis prodigious . The urgency to do your best flow over you. All the stunts are battles we face in daily life. They all have their junky moments and their marvelous moments, not everything will turn out perfect in the first try.
- Nicoletta Simoneau
Life is a white board
covered but still open to the class
The magic of the energetic hand scribbles the gloom of the worst day and of the excitement of good day
Secrets held by the almost mechanical wooden stand
The strength of the wooden compatible with the life struggles
-Zachary Pearson
Life is a never ending concert.
You can never control everything that will happen.
There are going to be times where you laugh . And times where you cry.
But we all need to accept that we can't plan everything that is going to happen.
Sometimes we just need to go with the flow and let every little bit of excitement you have escape from within. As if your favorite song is being played and it made your day one of the best of your life.
- Melinda Cormier
Life is a closed book
It can be full of mystry
You never know what will happen
You need very word or you life will not make sense
The cover and binding will hold you to get her
Matthew
Life is a basketball game
Running up and down the court
Chasing after a dream
Teammates assist and guard
Always there for you
Coaches teaching new skills
Teachers leading us to success
~Rebecca
Life is a vibrant dress that billows around the person in the nucleus of the night.
The yarn binds the pieces of the of the dress so it becomes invincible.
The sparkles that are sprayed around the dress represent individuality. It stands out from the others. A dress is you and you are the dress.
True friends are air,
All around,
Fake friends are water covering them up,
Smoke, the heart break that would lead to darkness,
But a true friend will always be found
-Hailey McGinnis
Friendship is a garden,
Filled with peaceful feelings,
The flowers that intricately wrap around the vines,
Show emotions that can not be defined as one,
The blue is deep sorrow between you two,
Yellow is the joy that you share,
The bloody red represents the battles,
You've once encountered the rejoiced.
-Lilly Holman
Life is a dormant volcano. When the volcano is about to explode, so will your life.
~ Connor V
May love be a tenuous bubble?
Its insubstantial rampart
pulverizes as it gets too close to its paramour,
but demolishes as it ascends from the troposphere.
Love's brilliantly colored,
showing rainbows in only
the most commendable spots
of its bubble.
The particles in the mass of air
floating around,
are the feelings we get
during this irregular relationship.
Oxygen in the air bubbles
save you from extinction
as you're trapped beneath the ice,
waiting for your life to finally begin.
Love is just a hollow sphere of oil
ruining the longevity
of unobjectionable animals,
as love does the same to curious human beings
who just want to experiment with it.
Bubbles blown by younglings,
old folks as well,
won't nearly last as long
as the love that belongs to the new-life starters,
for those won't die of old age,
or burst immediately by the beginners.
Oh, all the various sizes,
which one should I choose?
The major one that's jumbo,
or the minor one that's fun-sized?
We are the liquid solution,
before the bubble's blown,
until the bubble's finished,
we will lie here in despair.
We mount ourselves
into this bubble we call love,
which is actually a trap,
a trap of hatred and disgust,
that we shall be left alone to die in.
~Daranie Pin
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