My Personal Portfolio

Author: sqadome73

  • When You Wake

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    September 2020 It’s okayTo take a breakSo put down that penAnd head to bedGrab a snack or twoYou need to eat don’t forgetGrab that remotePick up that bookRelax your mindForget all of their pressureYou need to take care of youFor no one else willFor when you head to bedAnd rest your headGet all warm and…

  • Till’ the Very End

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    September 2020 Take a deep breathWhat do you see?Is it a blank canvas?Or a pile of string?Grab those scissorsAnd cut the tiesDon’t let them control youYou’re free to flyHold your brushAnd don’t let goYou have the powerTo paint your own roadCan’t you see?You have the strengthAnd if you don’tThat’s okayJust know that I’m hereI’ll hold…

  • Sight

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    May 2020 What a wonderful thing it isFor eyes to see the world around usTo see the baby blue skyThe puffy white cloudsThe tree in the forest that’s stood for yearsAnd the deep green of the ground below usCan you seeThe starry night sky a touch awayFor things to look so close and yet so…

  • Sunflower

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    April 2020 Ray’s of SunshineDancing through the fieldsAnd if you look closerYou’ll see a glimpse of a RainbowAs the flowers followThe blinding lightFrom sunrise to sunsetIn an attempt to gain happinessAnd as the Moon begins to riseThere’s something surreal in the night skyOf which no flower can seeAs their heads drop downAnd a certain darknessThat…

  • Broken Mirror

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    April 2020 Glass shardsDiscarded from the restCracked and fallenAs hands try to fixRed begins to cover the mixOf broken piecesA look in the mirror tells youWhat is amissLiquid glue tries to seal the cracksOf a broken messThe weapon in questionLies in the middleOf a broken mirror

  • Sibling of Mine

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    April 19, 2020 Let me tease youAnd you can right backWe’ll push and shoveYell and mockHave those petty fightsThe silly pointless onesI’ll give you a shoulder to cry onAs you’ll give me yoursWe’ll standHand in HandThose who see us will think us enemiesYou’re annoying as hellBut so am IYou’ll tell me who dares to hurt…

  • “Live out of your imagination, not your history”

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    -Stephen Covey May 23, 2022 (IB History Class) She looked down at the flier in her hands, a war going on in her mind. Suffrage. It was hard to wrap her mind around it. Not because it was a difficult subject for her, but rather it was inconceivable that women were fighting for the right…

  • Storms Lead to Fire

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    November 22, 2021 The sound of the storm outside, one she hadn’t expected, was loud.  So loud.  It’s overwhelming.  She pulled the blanket tighter around her shoulders, curling into herself more than she thought possible. The ground was cold, freezing to the touch even through the thick rug. The fire was crackling near her, loud…

  • A Structured System

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    September 14, 2020 It seemed like hours, quite honestly, that he was staring at the screen. He’s read this quite a few times now and yet he can’t seem to process it. At this point Glen had given up trying to understand and instead favored the option of staring aimlessly at the passage as if…

  • Trapped

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    April 1, 2020 Tick tock tick tock Slow and tedious- almost as if it was reluctant to move even a fraction of an inch. The two hands took their time to move around, ignoring the person that was so blatantly watching them. They ignored the one who wished they could so hopelessly move any quicker,…