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Bringing Him Home

  • lakengiles
  • May 1, 2017
  • 1 min read

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They very calmly told me

As a civilian you’ll feel safe,

The silence will calm your spirit

Being home is supposed to make me whole

Living life is supposed to bring me joy

They told me I’d find peace

I believed them

I brought work home

I brought home the agony, instinct, fear,

And sounds no one else can hear

Every corner is a trap,

In this apocalypse

There’s always an enemy stalking me

Nowhere is safe

I should be home

Because I can’t trust anyone

Even my closest friends could be hostile,

And in one second could end my life

I notice no one else is scared

But the sweat pours down my back

While my eyes are always scanning,

My head is on a swivel,

Because any woman’s purse could be an bomb

The world is burning

Life is a battleground

Staring into the eyes of anyone

I see impulsive fear

You could say

In my hometown I feel a little anxious

In silence my spirit is most at stake

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Comentários

Dear Mrs. Paul,

It was very difficult for me to chose only 10 pieces, so I chose 11. Of all of the amazing work I've created with the help of your creative writing class this year, these were the funnest to write.

1. This was was one of my favorite Invitation to Write's. It really made me reflect on how far I've come through my high school years, and how far I still have to go.

2. This was my piece that is new to your eyes. I thought my mom would love a poem for Mother's Day. Writing it made me realize how ready I am for bigger things but how much I will miss my rock, my mom.

3. I chose to include this piece because it really sums up my three years of growing at Seabreeze. I enjoyed thinking about how much I've changed since my sophomore year here. 

4.This was one of the last assignments in your class this year. It made me realize how nervous I am to walk across the stage at the end of this month.

5. I wrote this as my college essay over summer but definitely tweaked it after a few weeks in creative writing. 

6. This poem was one of the deeper, more emotional poems in my portfolio. I read a story that is based off of this poem that inspired me to be grateful for everything I have. 

7. I read a story in my english class that I based this poem off of. It made me realize how those around you may seem fine on the outside, but are not on the inside. 

8. This is one of my favorite pieces ever. It was so much fun to write and one of the first satirical stories that I've written and I hope to write more in the future.

9. I rewrote this story 5 times before I was able to get all of my thoughts out how I wanted. I would like to add on to this story one day because I think it would be more interesting if it was longer.

10. This poem was fun to write because I always get asked "Where do I see myself in five years?" and I never know the answer. This helped me gather my future plans and think about who I want to become.

11. TEEN ANGST EVERYDAY. Though it may be am exaggerated version of how I feel about high school, it was still fun to write. And who doesn't love a good Pretty in Pink quote.

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