truth

Writing

I Would Say...

By Hannah Jenkins

I would say that by noon my

Heart really knew my purpose

My goals, the plan for rescue.

I would say that it’s better

To never regret, never take back,

Try not to be a brat.

I know that life is better when

One is not alone.


An Outsider

By Alyx Delgado

My outside a shy, colorless human being

Soft spoken and gentle as can be

How I appear “perfect” and “flawless” as can be.

However my only flaw may be how I have another person

Wanting to be set free...


Truth

By Maddie Miguel

Truth is lost in our society.

It’s constantly altered into lies

that we all think is true but isn’t.

Truth, although harshly real,

is transformed into gossip

confusing its listeners.

Sliding off the tongues


Life in a Swamp of Lies

By Brandon Rainwater

Never wanted to be proven wrong

Even when trapped in a corner

Heart thumping;

Knee's quivering;

Lip's trembling;

As my mind races to cover up yet another


Surfacing

By Jaden Gragg

There is so much beneath the surface

of what we are being told,

like cream rising to the top of milk,

like layers in the ocean,

like light filtering in only through the top.

The rest is inky darkness,