Future

Writing

Shades of Darkness

By Drew Wilson

Horrific scenery fills my mind

Some from the future, some from behind

Nightmare images that fill others with Dread

The world would be better if My Kind were dead

In spite of the sacrifices of those we’re above


Behind a stone cold shell

By Dusti Lewis

Get behind the eight ball she said, which I had yet to understand. She said

it meant to look ahead to the future. I sat

there contemplating this saying for a while, and as I fell into

a deep slumber my thoughts ran free. Thinking of our future--


Make It What You Want

By Hailey Cannon

Wake up

Do my hair

Put makeup on

So they don’t stare



Wait a minute

Nothing’s wrong with me

I have friends

And a family


Turning Life Into an Art

By Rachel Franklin

What are we here for?

Might there be a purpose that is more?

Maybe only time can tell the true meanings of our lives; it doesn’t lie.

That’s the power behind our efforts that continue till we die.


Could It Be Better Tomorrow?

By Matt Logan

An act of courage is what I call,

 In the eye of a parent a plummeting fall.

An hour-long lecture will send him on his way.

 It just seems like another reason to run away.

These are words of wisdom you should borrow.


Unwrapping My Future

By Erika Davee

Anxiously tearing open the

shimmering sealed package

Ignoring die red symbols

that embellish the wrappage

Considering this cookie holds

my future unknown

Depending on the message

I’m sure to cheer or moan


Graduation

By Margot Newcomer

Standing on this stage, my life flashing before

My eyes, I remember a time of Youthful

Bliss where the impossible was possible.


My Future

By Elizabeth Mwalisansa

I think more about my future

I can't understand my future

I see that future is very difficult 


Beyond the Final Umbra

By Zac Stower

A thousand stark crosses

Plotted on a green hill

Once moving a thousand miles an hour

Now stand still.

At life’s bloody terminus

We are told they are the purest of all of us

The rolling front blending together