Poetry Week 1

"Alyssa, it's your turn."

They're calling my name.

I can't believe I volunteered

To play this stupid game.

"Truth or Dare"

They say to me.

I don't know what to choose.

This game is stupid because

either way I lose.

They sit and stare

With smiles on their faces. 

I mumbled out a little "Dare"

But I wish I could erase it.

The laugh and scream.

I'm shaking in my hips.

Then they say those dreaded words,

"Kiss him on the lips!"

His braces smile

And I kind of do, too.

I move in to kiss him,

It's not really the right mood.

It was awkward

He barely moved at all.

Then I quickly kissed him

and he flew against the wall.

Today I sit back and wonder,

Was it all worth it?

Then I accept that,

My first kiss was less than perfect.

 

I am blue

Not sad like the color of tears

But the calmness of the sea inside.

My veins are blue

They've stayed blue through the years

As calm as the tears I've ever cried.

My head thinks blue

I open my eyes after a long close

And blue skies glaze my eyes.

The wind chills me blue

It tickles and freezes my nose

And allows my spirit to fly.

I am red

As red as the blood within me

The passion that fills my blue-red heart.

My lips burn red

Red with the words they speak

A kiss, a work of art.

It is my skin that's red

When I blush my red soaked cheeks

And when the sun kisses my face.

It is my eyes that are red

With anger when I am weak

Makes my heart begin to race.

The fire and Ice inside me

Come out in every hue

Come out in sweet poetry

But I'm just a girl to you. 

 

A Family Man 

There he sits eating cereal in the morn,

Looking at his little girl the day she was born.

Today is her birthday, and she is turning six.

He doesn't know what his wife got for her, he doesn't care what she picks.

He has a job. He is well paid

He looks at his life and mistakes he has made.

His view has changed as she walks in

Looks as beautiful as when he met her, his life begins.

He still loves her, more than before,

And loves his three kids of eight, six, and four.

He'll pick up balloons and the pink icing'd cake.

He picked up the ribbon of the bows he will make.

He hears screaming girls, he hears screaming boys.

He looks up ahead and his heart fills with joy.

He sees his wife work and never tire,

The look in her eyes says, "This day is haywire."

But time stopped when she grabbed him and said,

"I love you honey, now lets go to bed."

Nothing has changed from when she was seventeen

He loves her still, his whole life she has been.

He is happy. His life is fulfilled. 

Just holding her, his doubts he had killed.

He is a family man and that's all he will be.

He is a family man and perfectly happy.

 

 

Project 4

 

    When I was a little girl, there wasn't a day that went by when I wasn't sitting in front of the television. To me, the wonder of the world would flash in front of m eyes in an hour and fifty minutes on that screen People would think I was hoping to become an actress, but I have stage freight. I was not born to act, I was born to watch movies and in every attempt, I would live my life like one. I look around every corner on my streets of New York, waiting to see if a big scary man was going to chase me like a horror movie. I have so much drama in my life. My grandpa, whom I was very close to, had died last year after a long battle of pancreatic cancer. I've cried, lost, and just absolutely hit rock bottom before. I would say I've had a fair share in drama movies. "A day is lost if one has not laughed," is a motto I live life by. I laugh everyday making my life a comedy. I've had moments where you risk everything, "Go big or go home, risk it to get the biscuit, give it all," type moments have made my life an action/adventure movie because I'll never know what's coming next. My life is a movie in all genres...but one. My romance movie has  not arrived from Netflix. Where is my chick-flick? I am the leading chick in my own life, where is my movie? When will I be the star of a romantic comedy? I have never been kissed in the rain. No man will wait for me after so many years and kiss me and tells me he loves me and wants all of me forever like Ryan Gosling did in "The Notebook." Where is the man who will come sweep me off my feet, make me weak in the knees, and fall head over heels in love with me?

    After i said that, the UPS delivery boy looks at me with an absolutely emotionless stare. He says, "All I needed was your signature, Miss."

    I would generally be mad at the fact he ignored everything I said, if he wasn't so cute! Wait, that's it! Could this be the man of my dreams? Could you, the man who happened to come to my door, be the star male in my romantic comedy? Now, giving him my signature seemed too small compared to the love I could give him, but maybe it's just a perfectly simple start as well. It is a simply divine story to tell my family about how we met. Oh my, how he could have been my soul mate, if I didn't say all this out loud. Perhaps, the "meeting the family" thing was too much. What's a girl supposed to do? How am I supposed to find anyone if I don't at least put myself out there?

    I needed to clear my head about the UPS guy. He wasn't that cute anyway. I went to the bank to open a new account when the clerk asked me for my number. I looked at him. He was gorgeous! Even though he was balding, about 4 inches shorter than me and had huge glasses, he was still absolutely gorgeous! I mean I was desperate, but he asked me for my number! The UPS man was completely out of my mind now. I gave it to him and said, "Call me," and casually started to leave.

    "Miss!"

    "Yes?"

    "I need your address as well." He's already asking me out. Today is just starting to turn around. I slipped him my address too and said, "Pick me up at 7," and walked away again.

    "Miss?"

    "Yes? Oh and call me Julie."

    "Miss, I also need your social security number. These things are required for opening a new bank account." I was so embarrassed! I was mortified because I looked down to see that he was married! How could he do that to me? How could he flirt with me, ask me out, and then be married?

    "You should be ashamed," I said as I slapped him and walked out. Men today are all Jerks.

    That couldn't have been more correct for my next stop of the day. I needed coffee just to get me through the rest of the day. I went to Starbucks to forget about the two loves I lost in two hours. In line in front of me was the rudest person I've ever met. I never thought I could meet a person so mean. His coffee, "didn't taste right" he said and he burned his hand because he coffee was too hot and the cashier didn't give him a proper warning. Hello! The coffee collar was invented for a reason! I have to sit here and listen to this jerk talk about every imperfection in his day to a poor young cashier. Maybe I could step in and become the voice of reason in the situation to help this poor girl out.

    "Hey, calm down! It's not her fault you burned your hand. Usually people know coffee is hot, but you apparently missed that. It is not her fault so just take your coffee and relax."

    He just stared at me. It seemed he was shocked that someone actually stood up and put him in his place. Maybe I was the first one. He's probably been going around being rude to everyone and I was the one who finally made him realize he needed to change his behavior. Maybe I just saved a long line of poor cashiers.

    All of a sudden, he smiles at me. He smiles? Why would he smile? Does he think its funny that I opposed him? He finally said, "You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Would you care to join me?"

    There was a knock at my door. "Hello. You have a deliver...Oh, um hey, how have you been?" The UPS man said with a nervous smile while rubbing his shaking hand across the back of his neck. You would think he'd remember my address at least. I mean, it's only been two years since we last met. I grabbed the clipboard with my sparkling left hand and signed my new signature. The UPS man smiles as my husband screams from the living room, just as rude as when I first met him. I looked to the UPS man and said, "Just like the movies."